Elizabeth Streb on the Art of the Fall
Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process
Release Date: 05/30/2018
Noé Soulier on Unlocking Movement and Trisha Brown's Economy of Means
Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process
Listen in as choreographer Noé Soulier discusses his commission for Trisha Brown Dance Company with Joyce Programming Manager Noa Rui-Piin Weiss. Soulier recounts his time performing Trisha Brown's work and his admiration of her movement philosophy of weight, inertia, and gravity. The second-ever choreographer to be commissioned by Trisha Brown Dance Company, Soulier speaks to his creation process for In the Fall, transforming goal-motivated directives into an investigation of time and shape. See In the Fall alongside two of Brown's iconic works, Glacial Decoy (1979)...
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Dallas Black Dance Theatre - American Dance Platform 2024
Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process
Tune in to our three-part podcast series exploring The Joyce's 2024 American Dance Platform! Listen in as dramaturg, scholar, and ADP guest curator Melanie George sits down with the artists who will take the stage during our annual festival. In this episode, hear from Melissa M. Young, Artistic Director of Dallas Black Dance Theatre, the oldest professional dance company in Dallas. Young discusses her decades-long history with the company and the newly curated program to be performed at The Joyce. Check out the remaining episodes in our series for a behind-the-scenes look with Soles of...
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Jazz at The Joyce - American Dance Platform 2024
Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process
Tune in to our three-part podcast series exploring The Joyce's 2024 American Dance Platform! Listen in as dramaturg, scholar, and ADP guest curator Melanie George sits down with the artists who will take the stage during our annual festival. In this episode, hear from educator, choreographer, and performer of African American Vernacular Jazz Dance, Josette Wiggan, and the consummate storyteller of lived experiences through diasporic dance traditions, Michelle N. Gibson. The two artists will also be joined by the Dormeshia Tap Collective during their ADP showcase, "Jazz at The Joyce."...
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Soles of Duende - American Dance Platform 2024
Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process
Tune in to our three-part podcast series exploring The Joyce's 2024 American Dance Platform! Listen in as dramaturg, scholar, and ADP guest curator Melanie George sits down with the artists who will take the stage during our annual festival. In this episode, hear from the artists of Soles of Duende, a multicultural, all-female percussive trio based in the rhythms of Tap, Flamenco, and Kathak dance. Amanda Castro (Tap), Arielle Rosales (Flamenco), and Brinda Guha (Kathak) make their Joyce debut with Can We Dance Here?, a riveting performance of rhythmic exchange. Check out the remaining...
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Jaron Lanier on Why Social Media is Bad for Artists (and Everyone)
Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process
In this bonus episode in our series exploring the impact of the pandemic on our field, we speak with computer scientist, composer and author Jaron Lanier about the possibilities of the internet for creatives, and its pitfalls. He reminisces about performing at The Joyce in the 90s, and discusses why you may want to consider deleting your social media accounts.
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The Stillness that Fueled a Movement with Andre Lepecki
Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process
In the third episode of our series exploring the impact of the pandemic on our field, we speak with dance studies scholar Andre Lepecki about freedom, stillness, and the meter of this moment.
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Fran Lebowitz on Technology, Loneliness, and New York City
Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process
In the second episode of our series exploring the impact of the pandemic on our field, we speak with the one and only Fran Lebowitz about technology, loneliness, and her beloved city.
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The Radical Act of Rest with Sydnie L. Mosley
Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process
In this first episode in a three part series exploring the impact of the pandemic on our field, we speak with artist-activist Sydnie L. Mosley about the radical act of rest.
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Choreographers Read To You
Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process
In this special episode of Still Spinning, choreographers and Joyce staff read their favorite passages of text to you.
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Sara Mearns on Not Taking Any of It for Granted
Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process
Today we are talking with New York City Ballet dancer Sara Mearns about her path to dance, overcoming injuries, and the new production she is currently creating, scheduled to be performed at The Joyce Jul 28-Aug 2.
info_outlineLaura sits down with radical visionary Elizabeth Streb to find out how Streb found her way to dance, why she wanted to fly, and how she learned to fall...in this week's episode of Still Spinning.
To see some of Streb's work, check out these videos.
You can find the documentary about Streb's work, Born to Fly, on iTunes and Amazon.
You can get her book, Streb: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero, which I highly recommend, on Amazon.
Visit Streb's website and follow the company on Facebook.
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Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.
Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home.