This week on Turn Out Radio, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with award winning choreographers, performers in stage and film, and co-artistic directors of Kaeja d’Dance, Allen and Karen Kaeja. Both join the show to share thoughts about life, dance, family, and celebrating 36 years of marriage. 

Our thanks to Dance Collection Danse for supporting with the organizing of this broadcast.

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Thank you for tuning in to TUЯИOUT Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the program as we cover dance news, and the introspective stories of those featured on the broadcast. TUЯИOUT Radio invites the exploration and deepening of conversations that discuss the histories, knowledges, practices, and stories emanating within, and encircling dance. Taking deep interest in the heart of what moves us, the inner resonance of human experiences, and how dance lives and breathes within those spaces.

Hosted by Nicole Inica Hamilton, TUЯИOUT Radio airs Saturdays from 8:00–9:00 a.m. EST on CIUT 89.5 FM. The program is also available via our associated podcast platforms, TV, and satellite carriers including Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and Shaw Direct.  This is real talk. This is TUЯИOUT Radio. 

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Show theme and interlude music credits: 

• John Coltrane: "Blue Train"
• Cannonball Adderley: "Autumn Leaves"
• Oscar Peterson Trio: "I can't believe that you're in love with me"
• Oscar Peterson: "C Jam Blues"
• John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things"

Visit www.turnoutradio.com to learn about our production team and featured guests. 

This week on Turn Out Radio, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Alyssa Martin (Founder and Artistic Director of Rock Bottom Movement). Tune in as they discuss Martin's thoughts on creating from a process which explores surrealism, humour, and absurd perspectives. Thank you to Citadel et Compagnie for today's episode. Visit the organization to learn about their 2025/26 season.

 

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Thank you for tuning in to TUЯИOUT Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the program as we cover dance news, and the introspective stories of those featured on the broadcast. TUЯИOUT Radio invites the exploration and deepening of conversations that discuss the histories, knowledges, practices, and stories emanating within, and encircling dance. Taking deep interest in the heart of what moves us, the inner resonance of human experiences, and how dance lives and breathes within those spaces.

Hosted by Nicole Inica Hamilton, TUЯИOUT Radio airs Saturdays from 8:00–9:00 a.m. EST on CIUT 89.5 FM. The program is also available via our associated podcast platforms, TV, and satellite carriers including Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and Shaw Direct.  This is real talk. This is TUЯИOUT Radio. 

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Show theme and interlude music credits: 

• John Coltrane: "Blue Train"
• Cannonball Adderley: "Autumn Leaves"
• Oscar Peterson Trio: "I can't believe that you're in love with me"
• Oscar Peterson: "C Jam Blues"
• John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things"

Visit www.turnoutradio.com to learn about our production team and featured guests. 

In his recent visit to Turn Out Radio, Allen Kaeja (Co-artistic director of Kaeja d'Dance) reflected upon the making of the memoir "I Found My Dance In a Bomb Shelter – Anecdotes of Gratitude from A Life in Dance." Co-published by Canadian dance publisher Dance Collection Danse Press / Presse and Toronto-based contemporary dance company Kaeja d’Dance, the memoir is filled with stories about the people and encounters that have shaped Allen as a son, brother, husband, father, and artist.  Learn more about the memoir by visiting Dance Collection Danse at www.dcd.ca.

 

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Thank you for tuning in to TUЯИOUT Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the program as we cover dance news, and the introspective stories of those featured on the broadcast. TUЯИOUT Radio invites the exploration and deepening of conversations that discuss the histories, knowledges, practices, and stories emanating within, and encircling dance. Taking deep interest in the heart of what moves us, the inner resonance of human experiences, and how dance lives and breathes within those spaces.

Hosted by Nicole Inica Hamilton, TUЯИOUT Radio airs Saturdays from 8:00–9:00 a.m. EST on CIUT 89.5 FM. The program is also available via our associated podcast platforms, TV, and satellite carriers including Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and Shaw Direct.  This is real talk. This is TUЯИOUT Radio. 

Connect:

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• Email: [email protected]

Show theme and interlude music credits: 

• John Coltrane: "Blue Train"
• Cannonball Adderley: "Autumn Leaves"
• Oscar Peterson Trio: "I can't believe that you're in love with me"
• Oscar Peterson: "C Jam Blues"
• John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things"

Visit www.turnoutradio.com to learn about our production team and featured guests. 

On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with interdisciplinary artist Brinae Ali who opens up about using the power of the arts to transform the conditions of the human spirit. Tune in to the episode, as Ali also shares about presenting in the 2025 dance Immersion Legacy Summit.

 

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Thank you for tuning in to TUЯИOUT Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the program as we cover dance news, and the introspective stories of those featured on the broadcast. TUЯИOUT Radio invites the exploration and deepening of conversations that discuss the histories, knowledges, practices, and stories emanating within, and encircling dance. Taking deep interest in the heart of what moves us, the inner resonance of human experiences, and how dance lives and breathes within those spaces.

Hosted by Nicole Inica Hamilton, TUЯИOUT Radio airs Saturdays from 8:00–9:00 a.m. EST on CIUT 89.5 FM. The program is also available via our associated podcast platforms, TV, and satellite carriers including Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and Shaw Direct.  This is real talk. This is TUЯИOUT Radio. 

Connect:

• Web: www.turnoutradio.com
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• Instagram: www.instagram.com/turnoutradio_
• Email: [email protected]

Show theme and interlude music credits: 

• John Coltrane: "Blue Train"
• Cannonball Adderley: "Autumn Leaves"
• Oscar Peterson Trio: "I can't believe that you're in love with me"
• Oscar Peterson: "C Jam Blues"
• John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things"

Visit www.turnoutradio.com to learn about our production team and featured guests. 

On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with multi-award-winning artist-scholar, dance educator, and cultural arts programmer Collette ‘Coco’ Murray.  Tune in as Murray shares critical thoughts about liberation, emancipation, and what it means to dance in a procession experience, rooted in oppression.

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Thank you for tuning in to TUЯИOUT Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the program as we cover dance news, and the introspective stories of those featured on the broadcast. TUЯИOUT Radio invites the exploration and deepening of conversations that discuss the histories, knowledges, practices, and stories emanating within, and encircling dance. Taking deep interest in the heart of what moves us, the inner resonance of human experiences, and how dance lives and breathes within those spaces.

Hosted by Nicole Inica Hamilton, TUЯИOUT Radio airs Saturdays from 8:00–9:00 a.m. EST on CIUT 89.5 FM. The program is also available via our associated podcast platforms, TV, and satellite carriers including Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and Shaw Direct.  This is real talk. This is TUЯИOUT Radio. 

Connect:

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• Email: [email protected]

Show theme and interlude music credits: 

• John Coltrane: "Blue Train"
• Cannonball Adderley: "Autumn Leaves"
• Oscar Peterson Trio: "I can't believe that you're in love with me"
• Oscar Peterson: "C Jam Blues"
• John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things"

Visit www.turnoutradio.com to learn about our production team and featured guests. 

On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton steps behind the mic with Newton Moraes (Artistic Director of Newton Moraes Dance Theatre). Tune in for the episode as Moraes reflects upon love, loss, inspiration, and the pathways of his journey in dance. 

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Thank you for tuning in to TUЯИOUT Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the program as we cover dance news, and the introspective stories of those featured on the broadcast. TUЯИOUT Radio invites the exploration and deepening of conversations that discuss the histories, knowledges, practices, and stories emanating within, and encircling dance. Taking deep interest in the heart of what moves us, the inner resonance of human experiences, and how dance lives and breathes within those spaces.

Hosted by Nicole Inica Hamilton, TUЯИOUT Radio airs Saturdays from 8:00–9:00 a.m. EST on CIUT 89.5 FM. The program is also available via our associated podcast platforms, TV, and satellite carriers including Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and Shaw Direct.  This is real talk. This is TUЯИOUT Radio. 

Connect:

• Web: www.turnoutradio.com
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• Email: [email protected]

Show theme and interlude music credits: 

• John Coltrane: "Blue Train"
• Cannonball Adderley: "Autumn Leaves"
• Oscar Peterson Trio: "I can't believe that you're in love with me"
• Oscar Peterson: "C Jam Blues"
• John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things"

Visit www.turnoutradio.com to learn about our production team and featured guests. 

On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Zab Maboungou (artistic director of Nyata-Nyata). Tune in as Maboungou shares thoughts about dance in the human body, relating to the sacred, and the dance technique LOKETO.  

This interview is brought to you by the AMANI Project. Technical production of the extended, 2022 version of this interview, is facilitated by Amber Downie Back.

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Thank you for tuning in to TUЯИOUT Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the program as we cover dance news, and the introspective stories of those featured on the broadcast. TUЯИOUT Radio invites the exploration and deepening of conversations that discuss the histories, knowledges, practices, and stories emanating within, and encircling dance. Taking deep interest in the heart of what moves us, the inner resonance of human experiences, and how dance lives and breathes within those spaces.

Hosted by Nicole Inica Hamilton, TUЯИOUT Radio airs Saturdays from 8:00–9:00 a.m. EST on CIUT 89.5 FM. The program is also available via our associated podcast platforms, TV, and satellite carriers including Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and Shaw Direct.  This is real talk. This is TUЯИOUT Radio. 

Connect:

• Web: www.turnoutradio.com
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• Email: [email protected]

Show theme and interlude music credits: 

• John Coltrane: "Blue Train"
• Cannonball Adderley: "Autumn Leaves"
• Oscar Peterson Trio: "I can't believe that you're in love with me"
• Oscar Peterson: "C Jam Blues"
• John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things"

Visit www.turnoutradio.com to learn about our production team and featured guests. 

On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with annemieke wade (Executive Director of Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts). Tune in for the broadcast as annemieke shares thoughts about the support and upliftment of the performing arts sector, and the highly anticipated 45th Anniversary of the Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D’Andrea Foundation. 

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Thank you for tuning in to TUЯИOUT Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the program as we cover dance news, and the introspective stories of those featured on the broadcast. TUЯИOUT Radio invites the exploration and deepening of conversations that discuss the histories, knowledges, practices, and stories emanating within, and encircling dance. Taking deep interest in the heart of what moves us, the inner resonance of human experiences, and how dance lives and breathes within those spaces.

Hosted by Nicole Inica Hamilton, TUЯИOUT Radio airs Saturdays from 8:00–9:00 a.m. EST on CIUT 89.5 FM. The program is also available via our associated podcast platforms, TV, and satellite carriers including Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and Shaw Direct.  This is real talk. This is TUЯИOUT Radio. 

Connect:

• Web: www.turnoutradio.com
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• Instagram: www.instagram.com/turnoutradio_
• Email: [email protected]

Show theme and interlude music credits: 

• John Coltrane: "Blue Train"
• Cannonball Adderley: "Autumn Leaves"
• Oscar Peterson Trio: "I can't believe that you're in love with me"
• Oscar Peterson: "C Jam Blues"
• John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things"

Visit www.turnoutradio.com to learn about our production team and featured guests. 

On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Timea Wharton-Suri (Arts executive, educator, curator, and producer) and Travis Knights (Tap Dancer, storyteller, and cultural leader). Tune in as they discuss collaboration, and the world premiere; Theo x Travis: Jazz is Dead. Conceived by Timea Wharton-Suri and co-commissioned by dance Immersion and Luminato Festival, Jazz is Dead isn’t a tribute—it’s a rebirth. On stage June 21, 2025. 

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Thank you for tuning in to TUЯИOUT Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the program as we cover dance news, and the introspective stories of those featured on the broadcast. TUЯИOUT Radio invites the exploration and deepening of conversations that discuss the histories, knowledges, practices, and stories emanating within, and encircling dance. Taking deep interest in the heart of what moves us, the inner resonance of human experiences, and how dance lives and breathes within those spaces.

Hosted by Nicole Inica Hamilton, TUЯИOUT Radio airs Saturdays from 8:00–9:00 a.m. EST on CIUT 89.5 FM. The program is also available via our associated podcast platforms, TV, and satellite carriers including Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and Shaw Direct.  This is real talk. This is TUЯИOUT Radio. 

Connect:

• Web: www.turnoutradio.com
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/turnoutradio
• X: www.x.com/TurnOutRadio
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/turnoutradio_
• Email: [email protected]

Show theme and interlude music credits: 

• John Coltrane: "Blue Train"
• Cannonball Adderley: "Autumn Leaves"
• Oscar Peterson Trio: "I can't believe that you're in love with me"
• Oscar Peterson: "C Jam Blues"
• John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things"

Visit www.turnoutradio.com to learn about our production team and featured guests. 

On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Anisa Tejpar and Carleen Zouboules to discuss the many facets of their artistic work and practices, and the highly anticipated return of the production Burn Baby, Burn by Guillaume Côté + Côté Danse. Presented in partnership with TO Live and Show One Productions, Burn Baby, Burn is on stage June 6-8, 2025. 

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Thank you for tuning in to TUЯИOUT Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the program as we cover dance news, and the introspective stories of those featured on the broadcast. TUЯИOUT Radio invites the exploration and deepening of conversations that discuss the histories, knowledges, practices, and stories emanating within, and encircling dance. Taking deep interest in the heart of what moves us, the inner resonance of human experiences, and how dance lives and breathes within those spaces.

Hosted by Nicole Inica Hamilton, TUЯИOUT Radio airs Saturdays from 8:00–9:00 a.m. EST on CIUT 89.5 FM. The program is also available via our associated podcast platforms, TV, and satellite carriers including Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and Shaw Direct.  This is real talk. This is TUЯИOUT Radio. 

Connect:

• Web: www.turnoutradio.com
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/turnoutradio
• X: www.x.com/TurnOutRadio
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/turnoutradio_
• Email: [email protected]

Show theme and interlude music credits: 

• John Coltrane: "Blue Train"
• Cannonball Adderley: "Autumn Leaves"
• Oscar Peterson Trio: "I can't believe that you're in love with me"
• Oscar Peterson: "C Jam Blues"
• John Coltrane: "My Favorite Things"

Visit www.turnoutradio.com to learn about our production team and featured guests.