Hello beautiful people! Buckle up because today's episode is a real lesson in business ethics, pricing our services as dance artists, making a difference in the world, and how the performing arts can benefit corporates and vice versa. Our guest today is Graham Alexander. I had the pleasure to be one of Graham’s teachers at London Contemporary Dance School (The Place) where he studied dance after having graduated in Physics from Oxford University… is a vice president at the De Beers Group, o...

It has been a lot of fun to put together this podcast... I had to stop a lot to put aside important bits to create the sound bites because everything they said was so relevant and easily applicable to everyone. There are a lot of wise words in this episode, so get your notebooks ready because you are in for a treat. Alleyne Dance (AD) is a UK based company with an international reach, founded in 2014 by award winning dancers and twin sisters Kristina and Sadé Alleyne. The choreographic aesth...

Welcome to the 1st episode of this 3rd season. Our guest today doesn't need much of a presentation. He is mainly known as the Artistic Director of the UK-based Hofesh Shechter Company, formed in 2008. His dance company tours the world constantly and is a reference for many people!! Shechter has also staged and choreographed works for leading international dance companies including the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Batsheva Ensemble, Candoco Dance Company, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet...

In a world where governmental support to art, public health and education is being reduced every day. In a moment in time where environmental policies are barely scratching the surface, where dance consumers are in decline, a moment in human history where another conflict of potential nuclear proportions is closer than it has been in decades. In a time where dance might seem unimportant or unnecessary, I am going to make every possible effort to spotlight dance as a key contributor to the e...

Fantastic conversation with the one and only Pippa Duke. We talked about her experience as a dancer with Jiri Kylian, Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato. How Montessori pedagogy informed her teaching... And how teaching discipline and thorough technique can not only co-habit with the development of self-worth but actually is inseparable. You can also read more about her most recent projects: - Weekly classes at Laughton: HERE - Dancers' talking: HERE - Laughton Lodge residencies: HERE You...

Gabi is a Chilean dance artist. She moved to London in 2011 for a BA (Hons) degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and then went on to gain a MA (Hons) degree from London Contemporary Dance School as part of an apprenticeship scheme with Ballet Lorent. She trained in Flying Low and Passing Trough with Leila McMillan and then with David Zambrano in Madrid, Brussels, Athens, Ecuador and Thailand. She moved back to Chile in 2017, working in companies such as Jose Vidal y Cia a...

Leticia Silva was born Born in Havana, Cuba. She began her studies at the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School in Cuba, graduating as a dancer-teacher, and later completing a degree in Dancing Art Studies at the University of the Arts in 2019. Leticia has been a professional performer working for international companies such as the National Ballet of Cuba and Acosta Danza over the last thirteen years. She has developed her practice in classical ballet, modern, contemporary, and Afro-Cub...

Throughout this term, all of our guest teachers have talked about the importance of training performance presence. This is at the core of TWV, so for the last week of term, Jorge will be teaching class, sharing practical and concrete tools to train performance presence... Join his classes on the w/c 22th of March 2021 as part of the TWV Academy https://twvonline.academy/ And as a special treat, for the final episode of Season 2 of the podcast, we are going live with Jorge and 3...

In this 10th episode of the 2nd season, we talk with Jos Baker (UK/BE). Jos is a choreographer dancer, actor, and teacher. He started his dance training at the age of 7 with Oxford Youth Dance and then continued his formal education first at The Laban Center London and then at PARTS [Performing Arts Research and Training Studios] in Brussels. From 2008 to 2014, Jos worked for Peeping Tom as a dancer, actor and collaborator, principally with the productions 32 Rue Vandenbrand...

I was re-listening the conversation while editing and cleaning the audio for this podcast and immediately it brought back the warmth, vulnerability, and shared empathy that I felt while talking to Rob. I am still deeply touched by the profound humanity he displayed throughout this conversation, by the amazing performing artists that by how, someone that I barely knew personally, I now consider a dear friend who I hope to have the chance to share a tea and a chessboard in not so distant future...