The Big Muddy Dance Chatter: Recent Episodes
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Go behind the scenes with The Big Muddy Dance Company and enjoy exclusive interviews with guest artists, company dancers, teachers, production team members, and more!
Artistic Director Kirven Douthit-Boyd sits down with Sidra Bell to discuss her journey as a dancer and maker, and the process behind her new work "NEW RITUAL" (world premiere at Evolution on January 13, 2024). Edited and produced by Spencer Kates.
Executive Director Erin Prange goes in-depth with Artistic Director Kirven Douthit-Boyd, a year into his role at the helm of The Big Muddy Dance Company. Kirven speaks about his vision for the company's future, the dance and arts scene in St. Louis, and his own personal journey with dance. Looking forward to Kirven's world premiere of "Something About a Dream", set on the full company to the music of Buddy Rich, Duke Ellington, and other jazz legends.
Kirven Douthit-Boyd sits down with Jessica Lang to talk about her experiences as a dancer and choreographer, and the narrative behind her alluring solo "The Calling" (company premiere at Awakening on Nov 4, 2023).
Erin Prange sits down with guest artist Bradley Shelver for an in-depth look at his world premiere work on the 2023-2024 BECOMING Season, "PlayFolk". Mr. Shelver's work on the full company will debut at the production of "Awakening" November 4-5, 2023.
Directors Erin Prange and Kirven Douthit-Boyd sit down with three guest choreographers for the company's upcoming performances. BLAZE features two premieres by Elizabeth Corbett and Marcus Jarrell Willis, as well as the return of audience favorite "Cloud 9" by Norbert De La Cruz III. Listen now to learn more about these three unique behind-the-scenes creative processes.
Executive Director Erin Prange sits down with the creative team behind The Big Muddy Dance Company's recent evening length production MY DEAR WATSON, presented by Richard and Kathie Winter. Learn about the many elements of this Sherlockian performance, from the original music and elaborate costumes, to behind the scenes details about the choreographic process. SPOILER ALERT: If you have not yet seen the performance, this episode will give away some of the narrative behind the storyline. Enjoy!
Choreographer and Director: Joshua L. Peugh Composer: Brandon Carson Costume Designer: Elizabeth Bourgeois
Executive Director Erin Prange kicks off our revamped podcast in a conversation with incoming Artistic Director, Kirven Douthit-Boyd! Take a listen to learn more about his artistic vision for the company in the long-term, as well as what's coming up in the company's 2022-2023 Launch Season.
Erin and Brian sit down with company member and Lemp Legends choreographer, Dustin Crumbaugh, to discuss all things Lemp Legends and the Lemp Family history.
Erin chats with Physical Therapist Olivia Castillo about her experience treating dancers and dance-related injuries.
Erin and Brian chat with guest choreographer Joshua L. Peugh about his upcoming premiere for the company.
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Erin sits down to chat with friends of the company Tree9 Films to discuss their long time relationship with The Big Muddy.
Erin and Brian talk with guest choreographer Kirven Douthit-Boyd about his latest work for The Big Muddy Dance Company and his shift in focus due to current events.
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Erin and Brian answer questions submitted by our friends at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Learn everything you ever wanted to know (probably more than you ever wanted to know) about our dancers' daily routine, the choreographic process, and our upcoming collaboration with musical duo Fancy Feelings.
On this very special episode of The Big Muddy Dance Cast, we bring you a live recording of the Arts Administrator Panel Discussion from our inaugural Dance Fest!
Erin and Brian chat with guest choreographer Dexandro Montalvo about The Big Muddy's upcoming production of Such Sweet Thunder, a four-way collaboration with fellow St. Louis arts organizations Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Jazz St. Louis, and The Nine Network public television station. Find out more about this exciting FREE production and about Dexandro!
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Artistic Director Brian Enos and Executive Director Erin Prange chat with Footnotes choreographer and THe Big Muddy Dance Company member Samuel Asher Kunzman (again) to talk about his new work for the company's upcoming production at the Grandel Theatre on April 6th & 7th.
Tickets: https://www.metrotix.com/events/detail/the-big-muddy-dance-co-footnotes
Artistic Director Brian Enos chats with Footnotes choreographer Shannon Alvis about her new work set to the music of St. Louis based folk duo The Leonas.
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Executive Director Erin Prange sits down with Footnotes choreographer Prince Lyons to talk about his process creating a new work for The Big Muddy Dance Company and his collaboration with Local Composer Noah Valenti.
Erin talks with choreographer Sam Gaitsch about her world premiere "Well-Deserving" and about her life and trajectory as an artist working in St. Louis.
Erin and Brian sit down with choreographer Keith Tyrone Williams to talk about the inspirations for his new work "The Basket Weaver" and his experience working with the company. Enjoy!
The Big Muddy's Executive Director is back behind the mic with "Home Grown" choreographer Kirven Douthit-Boyd! Learn about Kirven's new work for the company and more.
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Today we learn industry secrets about how to maximize comfort while flying onstage, and how Brian narrowly escaped being kicked out of Houston Ballet Academy... Oh, and we also talk about "Lemp Legends" a bit!
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Brian talks with choreographer and company member Brandon Fink about his interest in Lillian Handlan Lemp aka "The Lavender Lady". We also uncover Brian's inability to count to two!
The Big Muddy Dance-Cast talks with Thomas Jacobson about Lemp Legends and his inspirations for the work and also his inspirations for dance in general!
Today Brian sits down with the first of our six choreographers for "Lemp Legends: A Ghost Story", Karina Cardella, to discuss what is exciting to her about the production, and why she wanted to be a part of the process.
Hello and welcome to episode 1 of The Big Muddy Dance-Cast! A podcast by The Big Muddy Dance Company out of St. Louis, Missouri where we talk about all things dance. We'll be bringing you exclusive interviews with dancers, choreographers, directors, and members of our production team.
In this episode Artistic Director Brian Enos and Executive Director Erin Prange give a little bit of info on THe Big Muddy Dance Company and talk about 'Road to "Lemp Legends"', our mini-series of interviews with choreographers and collaborators on our first production of the 2018-19 season.
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