The Bazzness
The Bazzness
Damon Runnals
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This is The Bazzness where we talk to performance makers about their art and their practice. Our host chats with local Twin Cities performing artists and finds out how they work, why they work, and what keeps them going in the challenging industry of the performing arts. The Bazzness is part Between Two Ferns, part Inside the Actors Studio, and all Minnesota. The Bazzness was conceived and created by Sam Landman with support by Minnesota Playlist. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bazzness/support
S2E13: H. Adam Harris
In our final episode of this season of The Bazzness, Jane interviews the interdisciplinary, and more-than-highly quotable, H. Adam Harris. He discusses his six guidelines for art-making, how he remains hopeful and active in the face of contemporary events, his time as the Lorax, and even gives us a sneak peak at his work directing Redwood (opening 3/11/2020 at the Jungle Theater). Check out our archive of The Bazzness episodes from Seasons 1 and 2. They are available anywhere podcasts can be downloaded, on our site, or directly from our host at  Anchor FM. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bazzness/support
Mar 9, 2020
45 min
S2E12: Kaleena Miller
In our second to last episode of the season, choreographer and tap dancer Kaleena Miller shares insights about the history (and present!) of tap dance, granting structures, and the aural and physical basis of her creative process. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bazzness/support
Mar 2, 2020
37 min
S2E11: Utica Queen
Ethan Mundt (a.k.a Utica Queen) talks about his creative process, sparking joy with performance, and the visual and cultural references that make his drag performances alternatively hilarious and poignant. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bazzness/support
Feb 24, 2020
1 hr
S2E10: Ezra Bartsch
Writer, puppet-maker, movie-maker, musician, and “hobby tourist” Ezra Bartsch reminds us that “art is not alone,” and speaks on the importance of revisions and vulnerability in art-making. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bazzness/support
Feb 17, 2020
38 min
S2E9: Annie Enneking
Annie Enneking’s interdisciplinary work springs from the body -- be it fight choreography, acting or music, she brings a keen understanding of mass and momentum to every creative room. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bazzness/support
Feb 10, 2020
39 min
S2E8: Rana May
Comedian Rana May and Jane talk about comedy, therapy and even dogs in this episode of The Bazzness. From learning how (and when!) to trust audiences on jokes to how, as a woman, she felt she needed to be “anointed” before calling herself a comedian, May paints a compelling picture of what it is like to work and laugh in the Twin Cities. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bazzness/support
Feb 3, 2020
45 min
S2E7: Renata Nijiya
Jane speaks with Renata Nijiya, who goes by the stage name Queenie von Curves. Renata shares her insights about the subversive, empowering and cheeky world of Minneapolis Burlesque. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bazzness/support
Jan 27, 2020
40 min
S2E6: Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra
Interdisciplinary artist extraordinaire Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra (enrolled Maya-Lenca, El Salvador, b. Tomah, WI) speaks about her artistic practice of channeling, how her work revolves around cultural reclamation and decolonization, as well as steps we can take as an artistic community to forge relationships. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bazzness/support
Jan 20, 2020
39 min
S2E5: Benjamin Domask
Clown, juggler, mime, director, circus performer, magician, musician, and teaching artist Benjamin Domask gets into the psychological, physical, spiritual, and ethical implications of clowning. Clowns try to embody love and Benjamin brought his suitcase of props for us all to enjoy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bazzness/support
Jan 13, 2020
47 min
S2E4: Foster Johns
Voice and dialect coach Foster Johns speaks with Jane Froiland about coming to characters aurally (hesitation sounds, the dangers of prestige accents) and how dialect work can be woven into the DNA of theatrical process. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bazzness/support
Jan 6, 2020
45 min
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