On today’s episode of “Performing Capers”, we have two of our core team members, Trainee

Fundraiser, Dylan, and Dance Artist, Alex, chatting about working class access to contemporary dance and the arts as a whole. Drawing from their own experiences of early dance exposure, through their years of training and now working in the dance industry full time, they discuss about why the work that we do as Shaper/Caper is important in getting people of all ages excited about dance and perhaps even inspire folks to have a good ole boogie themselves. Enjoy!

On today’s episode of ‘Performing Capers’ we are joined by Edinburgh based photographer, performer and yoga instructor Sophie O’Brien and our Dance Artist Alex. Having met as colleagues at a previous performance job, now close friends, they chat about the connections between yoga and dance, how they often compliment each other and how they also bring similar challenges and misconceptions.

On today’s ‘Performing Capers’ podcast, we are joined by our Artistic Director, Tommy, and our Dance Artist, Alex. They’re having a chat about the launch of our brand-new online platform … Shaper/Caper’s Village Hall! Our Village Hall is our online programme of classes, events, films, and talks. It’s a place where people can join in our various capers from the comfort of your very own home. There are lots of fun things to do including Children’s Capers: our super popular dance classes for children that we did over the summer, there are seated dance classes for adults, mindfulness sessions, watch-a-longs, and much, much more. It’s just like a visit to your local Village Hall. Want to find out more? Have a listen to our podcast and a check out our Village Hall platform to find out what takes your fancy!

https://www.shapercaper.com/villagehall

This week’s ‘Performing Capers’ podcast is a discussion about Intersectionality: Tolerance vs Acceptance. Brought to you by our Co-Chair of The Body, Lesley, and our Dance Artist, Alex, they bring up topics recently raised during our company training about unconscious biases as well as issues relating to tolerance we discussed during ‘The In/Out Crowd’ (our online LGBTQ+ sessions). Lesley and Alex chat about what intersectionality is, why it’s important to be inclusive, and how to get comfortable make these conversations part of our everyday life. Enjoy!

For this week’s Performing Capers Podcast, we have our dance artist Alex chatting with their good friend and fellow artist Emma Lynn Harley. Chatting about their experiences as being bisexual folks, what it means to be bisexual, the issues facing our community today and of the great things about being Bi also. Enjoy!

On this week’s Performing Capers podcast, we catch up with dance artist Katarzyna Leszek and artist, Remigiusz Jabłecki, Both Remi and Kasia joined our very first LGBTQ+ magazine show, The In/Out Crowd, to talk about the political situation in Poland right now. Here, they tell us first-hand experience of living in Poland at this present time and the ongoing challenges for LGBTQ+ people, as well as what we can do to support them. Find out more about their work on their Instagram pages below and please consider offering your support to the Polish LGBTQ+ community using the links below.

Remi: https://www.instagram.com/remigiusz_jablecki/

Kasia: https://www.instagram.com/leszekkatarzyna/

Ways to support the Polish LGBTQ+ community:

1. Sign this petition by All Out: https://action.allout.org/en/a/poland/

2. Support the Poznan Pride Week - https://grupa-stonewall.pl/we-are/

3. Visit/Donate to Campaign Against Homophobia, a nationwide organisation working to prevent violence and discrimination against LGBT people through advocacy work and educational programmes for various professional groups. - https://kph.org.pl (use Chrome browser to translate if needed)

On today’s ‘Performing Capers’ we are joined by our Artistic Director, Tommy Small, and one of our Trustees, Allan McIntyre. As well as chatting all things Shaper/Caper, Allan and Tommy also have a few fun behind the scenes stories to share from their 18 years of being friends and colleagues – everything from their times together in London, to touring Shaper/Caper’s “Within This Dust” production and of course the famous Sao Paolo Pride incident. What exactly happened? Tune in to find out!

Today’s ‘Performing Capers’ is brought to you by our Dance Artist and LGBTQ+ champion Alex McCrossan and is based all around our plans for an LGBTQ+ company policy. Alex chats briefly about their experiences of being a non-binary dance artist both at college and as a recent (but not so recent!) graduate but also explores why we as a company feel a specific policy relating to LGBTQ+ policy is important, particularly at this time we find ourselves in. Enjoy Alex’s ‘Rainbow Ramblings’ (as they say), you can find more details about LGBTQ+ content including our online ‘The In/Out Crowd’ sessions and blogs on our website.

With thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund, we are super excited to announce that we have managed to offer two bursaries to a couple of members of our Youth Advisory Council The Body! Jorja will be joining us to assist with our social media content and Eleanor to help us with our new LGBTQ+ project ‘The In/Out Crowd’. Join them on today’s podcast to hear about their plans for the role, what they’ll be getting up to and all the details for you to keep an eye out for. Happy listening!

On this week's episode, Shaper/Caper's Tommy and Alex talk about our new LGBTQ+ project, The In/Out Crowd. It's a fun, magazine style, online show looking at culture and politics with reviews, quizzes and debates! Also, Alex talks about their new blog writing as part of non binary awareness week.