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"I have a problem with ...we need everything so instantly, that we're willing to compromise things that are so sacred."Emily Flannery

Emily Flannery is a proud Wiradjuri woman from Forbes in the Central West of NSW. As an emerging Indigenous dancer and choreographer Emily hopes to share her culture and her spirit through movement. We also cover;

* her upcoming Sydney Opera House show - Bulnuruwanha which explores the Wiradjuri Dreaming stories of the Magpie, Willy-WagTail, Kookaburra, Cockatoo and Platypus through contemporary Indigenous dance.* Lost All Sorts collective* Working with siblings* Tokenism* Forbes* Expectations of what indigenous should look like* Everything happening all at once* Lucy Guerin Inc internship* Training under the Craig Bary* taking feedback from industry experts who are not cultural knowledge holders* wanting to make ensemble work* good intentions without self-education* Aboriginal culture is still alive* "You can't support BLM and then blow up our sacred sites" - Emily Flannery

links:

* march dance - https://www.marchdance.com/emily-flannery* dirty feet - https://www.dirtyfeet.com.au/emily-flannery* dance informer - https://dancemagazine.com.au/2021/05/bangarra-appoints-new-company-dancer-emily-flannery/* Bangarra - * NAISDA - https://naisda.com.au/2020/12/17/naisda-graduate-emily-flannery-selected-as-lgis-first-nations-intern-for-2021/* PACT - http://www.pact.net.au/lost-all-sorts-collective#:~:text=Lost%20All%20Sorts%20is%20a,virtues%20as%20artists%20and%20friends.* facebook - https://www.facebook.com/emily.flannery.54* Forbes Advocate - https://www.forbesadvocate.com.au/story/7227346/years-of-work-pay-off-with-busy-year-of-dance-ahead-for-emily/* Coast Community News - https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2021/01/internship-for-naisda-graduate/* NORPA - https://norpa.org.au/indigenous-makers-studio/* Daniel Riley as new Artistic Director of ADT - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-06/first-indigenous-artistic-director-appointed-to-dance-company/100194208*

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"This is a massive interrogation of concept."Elle Evangelista

Elle Evangelista loves dancing. She is Filipino & Burmese, was raised on Whadjuk/Perth and currently lives on Gadigal/Sydney. Elle has a Bachelor of Arts in English from UWA and a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from WAAPA. In response to the Black Lives Matter movement she enrolled in a post graduate Law course to obtain a Juris Doctor.

* Thirty30 - https://elleevangelista.com/about30thirty* Thirty31 - Set to premier in October 2021* Come Knit The Sun Down - https://supercelldancefestival.com/elle-evangelista* The GIF of Dance - http://choreography.mattcornell.com/projects/the-gif-of-dance/* Covid#19 Lockdowns/show cancellation* making attempts* "Trying again isn't starting again" - Matt Cornell* Bring brave enough to deeply invest in someone/something* Things you want to learn about* Failing as integral* Bringing snacks to share (to every rehearsal)* Expectations* "I always expect people are going to be as invested as I am" - Elle Evangelista

links:

* March Dance - https://www.marchdance.com/elle-evangelista* insatiable - song matt mentions * instagram - https://www.instagram.com/elleevangelista* Belvoir Street Theatre choreographic commission - https://belvoir.com.au/elle-evangelista/* DirtyFeet - https://www.dirtyfeet.com.au/elle-evangelista* Writing for Dance Informer - https://dancemagazine.com.au/tag/elle-evangelista/* DAIR residency - https://www.facebook.com/ausdancensw/photos/a.1593516414266451/2545730512378365/* The King and I - the musical - https://aussietheatre.com.au/features/20-questions/getting-know-elle-evangalista* Thirty30 - https://au.royalacademyofdance.org/independent-artist-elle-evangelista-takes-up-residence-in-our-darlinghurst-studio/* Sydney Arts Guide - https://www.sydneyartsguide.com.au/tag/elle-evangelista/* Dance Life - https://www.dancelife.com.au/tag/elle-evangelista/

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"I don't know if I want a 'main' focus."Feras Shaheen

Feras Shaheen is a Sydney based dancer/performer and choreographer. we discuss;

* making a show with your mum - https://ferasshaheen.com.au/19772986* Dabke* street dancing* working freelance* transparency when it comes to institutional agenda * Klapping - https://ferasshaheen.com.au/Klapping* humour* initiation* church* getting into installation* foundations* Palestinian heritage* Nick Power* how to say yes* getting burnt out* the problem with expectations of being "professional"* arabic poetry

links:

* March Dance - https://www.marchdance.com/plastic-bag* Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fezshaheen* Legs On The Wall - https://www.legsonthewall.com.au/news/2020/6/29/one-on-one-feras-shaheen* Dirtyfeet - https://www.dirtyfeet.com.au/feras-shaheen* Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/ferasshaheen* Dance Bants - https://anchor.fm/dancebants* Campbelltown Arts Centre - https://c-a-c.com.au/dance-workshops-with-feras-shaheen/* Formidable episode 4 - https://www.form.org.au/formidables-episode-4/* the flying nun - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=819443401880064* Dance Bants interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGId8SAA93c&ab_channel=DanceBants* 1on1 interview with Legs On The Wall - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=271642193900031* linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferasshaheen/?originalSubdomain=au* facebook - https://www.facebook.com/feras.shaheen.7

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"to find a shared language that doesn't rest on a shared technique or visual reference but is produced together with someone, with people, with yourself, and your environment."Alice Weber

Alice Weber is a dance artist working with choreography, performance and discursive outputs. Using and misusing her various training backgrounds across ballet, somatic practice and critical dance studies, Alice’s work considers contemporary embodiments and intimacies, through questions of agency and desire. We talk about:

* "problematize through exaggeration" - Alice Weber* beauty capital* having baggage* work - dream cellscapes * intimacy across distance* desire* clarity* entanglement of how things look and feel* work - solo for a body* aesthetic and kinesthetic* somatic vs touch* inspiration* marxist critique of capitalism* moving slowly

links:

* website - http://aliceweber.net/* instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alicemaeweber/* march dance - https://www.marchdance.com/alice-weber* inner west - https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/live/living-arts/local-creatives/alice-weber

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"to reconcile the disjointedness we feel as people that are within asia but are not asian"Reina Takeuchi

Reina Takeuchi is an Australian-Japanese artist-researcher interested in interdisciplinary collaboration and facilitating embodied experiences of contemporary art, we cover:

* legacy* art in institutions* not being a "curator" or "choreographer"* embarking on a phD* being in a triad* presenting at MCA - Holding Lightness - Music by: thomas.gray.and.liam.ebbs* identity in art making* work - Between Oceans

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links:

* 4A Gallery - https://www.instagram.com/4a_aus/* Website - https://www.reinatakeuchi.com/* https://www.instagram.com/reina.brigette/* on earth we're briefly gorgeous - book* https://www.instagram.com/leyla_stevens/* https://www.the-national.com.au/artists/leyla-stevens/patiwangi-the-death-of-fragrance/

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"choosing what can help"Tra Mi Dinh

Trà Mi is a Green Room Award nominated dance artist based between Melbourne and Sydney. In June 2019 Trà Mi began working on a solo project ‘Holding’, initially supported by Tasdance’s TRIP program, we cover:

* dancing* improvisation* legacy and cultural inheritance* points* becoming 'a boss'* incense* being vietnamese* connection to culture* irish dancing* upcoming development - Holding* the aesthetics of overwhelm* decision making on stage* seeking sense through sensation* dancing is so human

People mentioned:

* Zachery Lopez* Victoria Chiu* Melanie Lane* Branch Nebula - Lee Wilson* Fully Automated Human Touch* Pina Bausch* Miranda Wheen* Joshua Thomson - Blokes Project

links:

* Vimeo* TasDance residency* Instagram* Sydney Fringe

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"it's hard to be a beginner when you already have skills in another dance style"Jess Goodfellow

Jess Goodfellow started her training at Newtown High School of the Performing arts, she trained in RAD ballet and performed as a soloist in the 2014 NSW Schools Spectacular. In the same year she was awarded first in the state of NSW for HSC Dance. In 2015, Jess joined Sydney Dance Company’s Pre Professional year, in which she understudied for the company and trained under many local and international choreographers. In 2016, she joined the junior Contemporary dance company IT DANSA in Barcelona, where she performed for two years, with the repertory of Ohad Naharin, Alexander Ekman, Jyri Kylian, Nacho Duato, Akram Khan, and Sidi Larbi. She has since worked as a freelance artist in Sydney with Sydney Experimental Arts Ensemble, Omer Backley-Astrachan, and Callum Mooney in their own show, Jeppee Peppee at the Flying Nun by Brand X we cover:

* house dancing* aesthetic* having no anchor* auditioning* being confronted by who you're becoming* spain* quitting* taking the piss* humour

links:

* vimeo - https://vimeo.com/306670839* dancing for other - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC39BpqxL3E* instagram - https://www.instagram.com/gotchakeith/?hl=en

"to ask those big questions... And to be a little bit more empathetic, forgiving and curious!"Jess Ong

Jess Ong is a story producer at SPUN Stories, a local storytelling night in Darwin, and the host of their podcast. She also works as a Communications Manager in the private sector and moonlights in the world of freelance. We speak about:

* Not being an "artist"* Living in Darwin* Stories and people* Making work * The importance of context* Spun - https://www.spunstories.net/* Imposter syndrome

mentioned:

* meat - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt8CCd2lNp-9C1vJ1Mu1u8tbyfpVHVy86enj700/?hl=en* https://www.johannabell.com/projects* https://www.facebook.com/listeningparties/* Story Projects - https://www.storyprojects.com.au/

other links:

* https://www.facebook.com/omgjmco* twitter - https://twitter.com/jess__ong* instagram - https://www.instagram.com/omgjong* https://twitter.com/spunstories* https://www.spunstories.net/* https://www.abc.net.au/radio/people/jess-ong/9328178* https://www.ntwriters.com.au/* https://www.offtheleash.net.au/features/around-town/2019/08/atmos

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"I keep suggesting that we should stop building things"Katy Moir

Katy Moir is a Darwin based Artitect (architecture + art). We discuss her upcoming exhibition "A Hypothetical Darwin" amongst other things. We spoke at Untitled Gallery where the exhibition will take place.

* upcoming show - A Hypothetical Darwin https://www.darwinfestival.org.au/events/a-hypothetical-darwin/* Problems and solutions* being just 1 member of a timeline of people buildling a body of work* archives* residencies* crits* architecture and it's approach* pluralism within maps* the agender and lens of map makers

books mentioned:

* Bunji - http://www.drbilldayanthropologist.com/resources/StewartHarrisForeword.pdf

other links:

* https://www.spunstories.net/katy-moir* articles by katy - https://indaily.com.au/contributors/katy-moir/* off the leash - https://www.offtheleash.net.au/features/around-town/2017/07/talking-through-walls* twitter - https://twitter.com/katymoir?lang=en* instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_katymoir_/* facebook - https://www.facebook.com/katy.moir.14

people mentioned:

* Lisa Burnett - https://au.linkedin.com/in/lisa-burnett-195246133* Amina McConvell - http://aminamcconvell.blogspot.com/* Dr Bill Day http://www.drbilldayanthropologist.com/* Kulaluk peoples http://www.drbilldayanthropologist.com/kulaluk-timeline.php

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"we follow our instincts and continue to communicate with one another"Cass Mortimer Eipper

Charmene Yap is a multi-award winning dancer, rehearsal director and choreographer. Cass Mortimer Eipper is an award winning director/choreographer/dancer. Together they are creating a work called "Grey Rhino".

* Grey Rhino - obvious dangers that are often ignored anyway.* process* self funding seed developments* instinct* collaboration* intuition and critique* abstraction, metaphor, hyper-objects

links:

* https://www.thegrayrhino.com/* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Wucker* https://money.cnn.com/2017/07/17/investing/china-stocks-gray-rhino-crackdown/index.html* https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-is-a-gray-rhino-and-why-are-they-so-dangerous-to-investors-5-questions-for-michele-wucker-2019-01-23* Sydney Morning Herald interview - https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/dance/dancers-devise-new-works-20141028-11azq2.html* Charmene Yap - Sydney Dance Company bio - https://www.sydneydancecompany.com/people/charmene-yap/* Cass Mortimer Eipper website- https://www.cmeipper.com/a-b-o-u-t

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