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SERIES INTRODUCTION

Listen here to find out more about whats in store in the Dance Futures Podcast with Dr Ruth Pethybridge.

Dance On!

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In this FIRST EVER episode of Dance Futures I interview choreographer Bakani Pick-Up about his dance practice, our capacity to be extraordinary, how lockdown effected his attitude to work and why we should throw away the rule book (and begin with Beyonce instead!).

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Pop! In this episode I burst the bubble of contemporary dance to talk with independent Dance Artist Grace Willow who works in a variety of dance styles and contexts, and talk about the politics of participation (pop - see what I did there?) and flash mobs. We discuss how alternative spaces facilitate inclusion in dance experiences and how making her practice open-source through the pandemic has been an unexpected delight, as well as how from Britney to Bollywood, for Grace, all roads lead to joy.  

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In this episode I talk to choreographer Keir Clyne about about digital dance, non-human artists and what the dance sector might have to learn from Pokemon! If you have ever thought the machines in your life deserved more credit then this is the interview for you. We also discuss what virtual choreography means for human-beings attached to corporeality (love that word!) and why childhood habits might become grown up artistic practices.

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In this episode dance artist and choreographer Katie Dale Everett talks about how her work with dance and technology develops connection and empathy. Katie wants to 'humanise' technology in using it as a creative tool in her choreographic work and to continually question the constructed image we present through social media, particularly for young people. 

For Katie her career has meant constant forward motion, like stepping on a train with no stops -  as a producer, choreographer and film maker, Katie's choreographic approach encompasses multiple routes into dance....choo choo!

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This is an interlude. 

Here Yi Kwek reads out her piece 'Mapping Lostness; Thoughts from a dancer'  - a look at bodily terrain/seeing through the body. 

Yi's writing is the perfect pause in this series of Dance Futures, a chance to catch up with previous episodes. A chance to reflect and take stock of your body's place in the world. 

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SHIFTING SANDS

In this episode Ruth talks to Emily Alden about her different roles in the dance industry and why she will always first and foremost be a dancer. Emily discusses facing challenges head on and her new work 'In My Head' as well as how how hope sometimes comes in the form of anarchy. Moving through the shifting sands of time and circumstance, dance gives us an ever changing perspective, and Emily's is an inspiring one. 

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WORKING IT

Treat yourself to some ‘new thoughts’ this lockdown! This week on Dance Futures Ruth chats to Gillie Kleiman about how the question ‘what do you do?’ always makes her uncomfortable and why taking pleasure in dancing is as important as how we define our professional role (lest we forget why we started doing it in the first place.) Gillie also speaks up for the radical potential of friendship. Plus in an age of capitalism, if we live to work then what does that make life? Also in this episode Robyn treats us to another string from her bow and Ruth geeks out about pole dancing. 

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CHOREOGRAPHING CARE

On this final episode of the current series Ruth talks to choreographer Grace Nicol about why the show mustn’t always go on, how we can create structures of support and care for ourselves and each other, and how there is a place for both slow art and the kind that let’s go of preciousness in order to just...begin....  Grace reminds us to have patience as we negotiate our new relationships to dance and performance in the future. In the last dance geek out Ruth reflects on loss with Judith Butler. 

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