Dirty Feet: Recent Episodes
Allison Burns
A podcast about dance and movement-based performing arts. Dirty Feet is a unique, informed and accessible conversation surrounding artistic creation with the dance industry, and the role of movement in people’s lives.
Takako Segawa is a contemporary dancer, choreographer, movement coach, dance-theatre performer, and teacher of Japanese Arts. Born in Japan, Takako trained in both traditional arts and contemporary Japanese movement styles, before graduating from the London Contemporary Dance School. Her 20-year career includes performances throughout Europe, Asia, and North America.
Takako has been an Ottawa-based dance artist since 2016. Her new work, Echoes: Vibrations from Japan to Canada will premiere at Arts Court this November. Hosted by the Ottawa Dance Directive, the show is directed, choreographed, and performed by Takako, accompanied by a vocalist and several taiko drummers.
An interview with Jessica Ruano about the world premiere of Skin Songs. This dance theatre performance takes place outside in a public park in Ottawa, Canada. The score, along with the performer's personal stories, are delivered via headphones while the four women dance through the park dressed in red. The show, which focuses on a variety of experiences and perspectives of femininity, was devised by Eleanor Crowder, Jacqui duToit, Jessica Ruano, Lola Ryan and Angela Schleihauf. It is being presented as a part of the TACTICS(Theatre Artists’ Co-operative: the Independent Collective Series) 2023 Mainstage Season.
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An interview with Hannah Sampson, a Senior Dance Artist with Stopgap Dance Company, and Renata Soutter, Co-Director of Propeller Dance. Stopgap Dance Company (based in Southeast England) is driven by a diverse creative team who uses dance as a movement for change. Propeller Dance (based in Ottawa, Canada) is an integrated dance organization for people with and without disability. This conversation focuses on their international collaboration resulting in the production This is Happening, a show co-produced by the National Arts Centre and premiering at LabO in Ottawa in June of 2023. For more in-depth interviews with both of the Co-Directors of Propeller Dance, listen to Dirty Feet Episode #184.
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[Image description: In a brightly lit dressing room with lighted mirrors on the left side, dancers Elizabeth, Geoff, Russell and Moni lean on the white countertop wearing expressions of surprise or pensiveness. They are dressed glamorously in black and metallics. Photo by Rachel Gray]
Host Allison Elizabeth Burns speaks with playwright, actor, and director Laurie Fyffe about her new upcoming play, Exciting Cause (about the women of Rockwood Asylum) and an associated workshop, Moving Through Theatrical Space. The show’s script and movement are being developed simultaneously, influencing one another. Allison is choreographing the production and facilitating the workshop, and so takes on the role of interviewee mid-way through the episode.
Ana Gherasim is an artist, educator, and the owner and founder of Azucar, Latin Dance Company in Ottawa. We speak about her evolving relationship to dance, how her studio has changed recently, and what is on the horizon for a more inclusive and consent-aware social dance scene.
Brittney Canda is a choreographer and dance film director among other things. We speak about her unique style, how she discovered her love for dance on film, and her recent accolades. Specifically we talk about her works, Wrap Me Up - which was awarded Best Choreography in a Music Video at the UKMVAs - and Touch which was awarded Best Film at Festival Quartiers Danses.
This episode explores the impact the COVID-19 global pandemic has had on different Contemporary dance artists in Ottawa. Yvonne Coutts the artistic director of the Ottawa Dance Directive, Sylvie Desrosiers the director of the Contemporary Dance program at The School of Dance, Frédérique Pelletier a recent graduate of that same school, and Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson a mid-career independent dance artist. This selection of artists are all at different stages in their career, and yet only represent a sliver of experience. The pandemic has affected dance artists in Ottawa and beyond in a variety of ways only some of which are represented here.
This episode covers the third edition of the Dark Horse Dance Projects which took place in September 2017. Host, Allison Elizabeth Burns, starts off the episode by interviewing Project Leader, [ … ]
In a very special episode, Allison interviews her childhood dance teacher. Judith Davies has been a pillar of the Ottawa dance community for many years. She is the Director and [ … ]
Dirty Feet host, Allison Elizabeth Burns is premiering the multidisciplinary show, Do You Want to Live Forever?, at the Ottawa Fringe Festival this summer. In this episode she speaks with co-creator [ … ]
Award winning, multi-faceted artist, Marie-Josée Chartier is presenting work in Ottawa this week. She speaks with Allison about scale, big projects and small projects, her company, Chartier Danse, working with [ … ]
Dirty Feet Resident Composer, Tristan Henry is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and music teacher based in Montreal. Although we hear his music every episode, the last time he was on the [ … ]
May 12th in Wakefield, QC, Jordan Es is producing the event, Rooted Contemporary Dance. The show is a double bill featuring Jordan’s choreography, The Idea of the North and a [ … ]
Mathilde Papillon describes her vision for bringing together dance and science. She recently gave a TEDxKanata talk on Novel ways to talk science: dancing relativity. A student at the French [ … ]
Propeller Dance is an integrated contemporary dance company based in Ottawa. The organization is recognized as a leader in Canada for their innovative, inclusive creations and teaching practices. I speak [ … ]
Sylvie Desrosiers is not only the Director of Contemporary Dance Studies at The School of Dance (see episode #181), she is also an established choreographer, and the Artistic Director of [ … ]
Laura Taler is a multitalented artist who has worked as a choreographer, dance-film director and visual artist. She is presenting an exhibition at Gallery 101 titled, The soft and the [ … ]
This episode features a conversation with Sylvie Desrosiers, the Director of Contemporary Dance Studies at The School of Dance. We talk about the benefits of a conservatory-style training, successful program [ … ]
The show TRUST, a requiem for wood and stone, by 10 Gates Dancing is being presented by the Ottawa Dance Directive in their upcoming Séries danse 10 / Series Dance [ … ]
This episode features a complete episode of The Working Arts podcast by Erica Martin. The tables are turned, and Dirty Feet host, Allison Burns is interviewed. In this new podcast, Erica [ … ]
The Ghomeshi Effect is a verbatim dance-theatre piece that tackles sexual violence in Canada. Creator and Director, Jessica Ruano, and Choreographer, Amelia Griffin, tell us about their work in theatre [ … ]
Hannah Beach is an educator, artist, author and speaker with a background in social work. She is the founding director of Dandelion Dance, a company which creates empowering dance experiences [ … ]
Karen Kaeja is an awarding-winning, Toronto-based artist. She is a dancer, choreographer, project instigator and co-artistic director of Kaeja d’Dance alongside her partner, Allen Kaeja. She is presenting her choreographic [ … ]
Anik Bouvrette is a Franco-Ontarian choreographer and the Founder, Artistic Director & General Manager of Tara Luz Danse. The francophone contemporary dance company creates and tours work for all ages. [ … ]
Amanda Bon is a professional dancer, pilates instructor, musician and scientist. In this interview she reveals her career experience, her adventure overcoming an injury and returning to dance, and her [ … ]
Public Recordings is a Toronto-based performance company rooted in dance. They are touring their work, what we are saying this fall, wrapping up with a presentation at the Ottawa Dance [ … ]
Serge Bennathan founded the Vancouver based company Les Productions Figlio in 2006 after spending 16 years as the artistic director of Toronto’s Dancemakers. This 12-time Dora Award nominee (two-time winner) [ … ]
The last of a series of episodes covering the 2016 edition of the Dark Horse Dance Projects features an interview with the Technical Director and Lighting Designer, Fraser MacKinnon. Allison then [ … ]
This episode features interviews with the remaining choreographers presenting work as a part of the Dark Horse Dance Projects. The first group of guests include choreographer, Charles Cardin-Bourbeau and his [ … ]
In a continuation of the Dark Horse Dance Projects coverage, Allison interviews the artists presenting choreographic work in the showcase. First is solo artist Alexane Couture, followed by choreographer Amber [ … ]
In this first of a series of episodes covering the 2016 edition of the Dark Horse Dance Projects (DHDP), the focus is on the team behind the project. Allison interviews [ … ]
Dirty Feet is back in production on a semi-regular basis. Find out what is in the works for upcoming episodes.
The Dirty Feet team is taking a break. After three years of releasing content weekly, we are taking some time off to arrange our next steps. If you are interested [ … ]
Gerry Morita is the Artistic Director of Mile Zero Dance in Edmonton, Alberta. She tells Allison about her career as a performer, what she has learned along the way, and [ … ]
Stéphanie Bernard returns to the Dirty Feet podcast to talk about her experience working as the rehearsal director for Catherine Laframboise Desjardins’ work It’s all about fictions. Catherine’s choreography will [ … ]
This is the first of a series of episodes covering the 2016 edition of the Bouge d’ici Dance Festival. Liliane Moussa will be presenting her work Finale au sol alongside [ … ]
A follow up from episode #63, Kati visits Studio 303 to speak with Artistic & General Director, Miriam Ginestier and Production & Technical Director, Andrea Joy Rideou. They cover Studio [ … ]
The Segal Centre for Performing Arts in Montreal is presenting the play Tribes by Nina Raine. Actors Greg and Toni Ellwand sit down with Allison to discuss the production. The [ … ]
Paul Chambers is an accomplished set and lighting designer who works primarily with dance. He worked as the Technical Director at Tangente: Laboratoire de Mouvement Contemporains for five years, and [ … ]
Cette semaine, Kati a rencontré Evelyne Laforest et Rémi Laurin-Ouellette pour un déjeuner et conversation enthousiaste autour de leur spectacle en ouverture a Tangente le 26 novembre. Une soirée en [ … ]
The company Joe Jack et John, directed by Catherine Bourgeois, brings together artists from different disciplines and background to create multidisciplinary, inclusive work. Allison speaks with performer Dorian Nuskind-Oder about [ … ]
Cette semaine, Stéphanie Gaudreau et Daniel Proulx rejoignent Kati pour une conversation autour de l’Association Contact Improvisation et la 33e Jam International de Contact Improvisation de Montreal qui se tiendra [ … ]
Melissa Tuplin is a dance artist as well as the Community Investment Assistant for the Calgary Arts Development. We discuss her involvement with Dancing Monkey Laboratories, her choreographic practice, and [ … ]
Vancouver based independent educator David MacMurray Smith (Fantastic Space Enterprises Studio) guides us through his artistic journey in the professional world of Theatre, Ballet, Opera, Mime and Clown. David generously [ … ]
Montreal’s MainLine Theatre is once again producing the live musical version of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, just in time for Halloween. Allison Burns, who is performing in the [ … ]
L’invitée de cette semaine, Kim-Sanh Chau, vient nous parler de sa pièce Black&Scholes (1973), qui fut présentée à la Maison Théâtre lors du récent festival Quartiers Danses 2015. De ses [ … ]
This week’s guest, Trudy Lee Gayle, is performing in the The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God. The show is a co-production between the Centaur Theatre (Montreal) [ … ]
George Stamos returns to the Dirty Feet Podcast to discuss his new work, Situations, which is opening at Agora de la danse this weekend. The work features 11 performers and [ … ]
David Vaughan is a dancer, choreographer, actor, singer, writer and dance historian. Allison has the pleasure of interviewing him in his New York home about his varied career on and [ … ]
Allison takes a trip to Brooklyn in New York City, NY to visit the Brooklyn Studios for Dance. She discusses her experience there and the philosophy of the organization with [ … ]
We are rejoined by some of the team behind the project No Fun, which is being remounted as a part of the Tangente season. Our conversation focuses on the extended [ … ]
This week on Dirty Feet, we air an interview that took place during the MUTEK festival, back at the end of last May. With us to talk about his two [ … ]
Founding member Ainsley Hillyard tells us about the Good Women Dance Society (GWDS). The Edmonton based group has been creating work and supporting the Edmonton dance scene since 2009. [ … ]
Stephanie speaks to Jake Hastey, the Artistic Director of the Edmonton based company Toy Guns Dance Theatre. Together, they discuss their brand new show Who Am I? (Unauthorized Stories from [ … ]
For this very special episode of Dirty Feet, we sit in on a symposium organized by the Bouge d’ici dance festival. The gathering, facilitated by Timothy Rodrigues, was focused on [ … ]
Natasha Martina is the Co-Creator & Director of Ground Cover Theatre. She joins us to talk about her most recent work titled Displaced that is being presented at the Saskatoon [ … ]
Allison Burns and guest host Linnea Gwiazda speak with Brent Lott, the Artistic Director of Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers. The interview took place in the Rachel Browne Theatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. [ … ]
The 2015 Winnipeg Fringe Festival features six dance shows. We start our coverage of the festival with an interview with Stephanie Lilley from the Edmonton based Viva Dance Company about [ … ]
This special episode was recorded in Toronto, Ontario. Allison speaks with three members of the Alias Dance Project, including founding member Lauren Cook. Performers Francesca Chudnoff and Amanda Davis fill [ … ]
In this episode Allison Burns and Stéphanie Morin-Robert co-host along with guest host Linnea Gwiazda. We start our coverage of dance and movement at the Toronto Fringe by speaking with [ … ]
Dirty Feet set up a booth at the Yelp’s Bouge Bash, which was an event that took place as a part of the 2014 Bouge d’ici Dance Festival. There were [ … ]
Lynda Raino has had a huge impact on the development of the dance industry in Victoria, British Columbia since she arrived in 1979. We have the opportunity to speak with [ … ]
On our mission to cover dance at the 25th St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival we encountered Pepper Fajans from the Brooklyn Touring Outfit. They are presenting the show Co.Venture as a [ … ]
This episode is part 2 of our St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival coverage. We focus on out-of-town artists presenting dance, physical theatre, puppet shows and multidisciplinary productions. We start with an [ … ]
In celebration of the 25th St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival the Dirty Feet Podcast has invited a pile of local artists who are performing dance, or movement-related shows as a part [ … ]
Les animateurs Allison Burns, Stéphanie Morin-Robert et J.D. Papillon détiennent tous un baccalauréat des Beaux-arts en Danse contemporaine de l’Université Concordia. Pour cet épisode, Kim L.Rouchdy et Lucy Fandel les [ … ]
Michaela Gerussi and Erin Hill are self-producing their works in a double bill at Studio 303 in Montreal. Michaela has been working with Emily Leblanc on their piece, Resonant Tide. The [ … ]
We discuss the art of non-curation in the particular context of the St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival. The artists presented by the festival are chosen by lottery or on a first [ … ]
Ghislaine Doté is a choreographer and dancer from the Central African Republic who is based in Montréal. Working primarily in contemporary dance, she has sampled many different styles, and is [ … ]
Choreographer, dancer and intellectual, Andrew Turner, tells us about the process behind his work, A Standard of Measure, Except Not Really. The quartet, inspired by the inconsistency of the International [ … ]
Avec sa compagnie « Le Carré des Lombes », Danièle Desnoyers présente Paradoxe Mélodie au Théâtre Maisonneuve de la Place -des- arts à Montréal du 30 avril au 2 mai [ … ]
Sebastien Talbot discute avec nous Le ‘Laboratoire vivant 2: Beta test A’, un projet ayant pour objectif la conception d’un jeux vidéo de société de création chorégraphique en direct. Ce [ … ]
Pour la deuxième année consécutive, Dirty Feet couvre l’évènement Remix du Studio 303. Il s’agit d’un projet conviant des chorégraphes à revisiter le travail d’autres artistes. Cette année, notre invitée, [ … ]
Artistic Director and Co-Founder of The Radiant, Krin Haglund and performer Adam Kuchler join us for a delightful conversation. We talk about their contemporary circus show, Cirque Prom. Mélanie Demers’ [ … ]
Tangente présente un programme triple au superbe Cabaret Lion d’Or, à Montréal. Nos invités font partie de deux des projets présentés qui nous parlent de leurs pièces et de présenter [ … ]
La choréographe et interprète Marie-France Jacques nous parle de sa dernière création aSPIRE qui mélange la transformation de sa sensation d’une réalité intérieure en mouvements, la conception sonor à Joël [ … ]
Cette semaine en studio, J.D. et Allison reçoivent Ian Yaworski, qui vient nous parler de la gigue québécoise et discuter de la nouvelle édition de la Biennale de gigue contemporaine, [ … ]
Edgy Redux nous revient en force cette année avec une réincarnation encore plus féroce, plus féministe et bien plus condensée du Festival Edgy Women (ceci dû à des coupes budgétaires [ … ]
Sandrine Lafond is a contemporary dance and circus artist who has performed for Cirque du Soleil, Celine Dion and Marie Chouinard. In this episode we will be talking about her [ … ]
Louise Bédard, chorégraphe québécoise renommée, discute la redécouverte de son oeuvre Cartes postales de chimère (1996) qui sera présentée à l’Agora de la danse à Montréal et interpréter en alternance [ … ]
We receive dance artist, Patrick Lloyd Brennan in the studio to discuss his video dance project, You Can Take the Streets and Rule Them Because We Are of the Sky. [ … ]
Stephen White, the Executive Producer of Dance Victoria, joins Allison Burns and guest host Linnea Gwiazda for an interview. We learn all about the incredible work that Dance Victoria does, [ … ]
Performer and collaborator, Sonya Stefan, tells us about the process of creating Dana Gingras’ choreographic work Somewhere Between Maybe. We speak about the cinematic themes of the piece and how [ … ]
This weeks guests are visiting from Belgium. Dance maker Lisbeth Gruwez and musican Maarten Van Cauwenberghe founded their company, Voetvolk, in 2006. They return to Montréal’s Usine C for a [ … ]
Une autre semaine, un autre épisode tout frais de Dirty Feet pour votre plaisir auditif. Cette semaine, Allison et J.D. accueillent deux chorégraphes pour discuter des pièces qu’elles présentent à [ … ]
In a very special joint episode, the Dirty Feet podcast teams up with the crew of the Edmonton-based dance podcast, I Don’t Get It, for an epic conversation about covering [ … ]
Once again this January the Bouge d’ici Dance Festival is taking place in Montréal. This year MainLine Theatre, where all the shows, events and workshops will be taking place, is [ … ]
While in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Dirty Feet co-hosts Allison Burns and Stéphanie Morin-Robert take the opportunity to speak with a local dance artist. Miki Mappin tells us about her experience discovering [ … ]
Artistic Director and Choreographer, Jackie Latendresse, tells us about the Free Flow Dance Company and Center. In addition we speak about the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan dance industry and community in general. [ … ]
La session automnale se termine, ce qui veut dire que c’est le temps pour l’événement “Cru d’automne”, le spectacle annuel de décembre des étudiants en troisième année de l’École de [ … ]
Les danses urbaines sortent de la rue et des studios pour se retrouver à la 5e Salle de la Place des Arts cette semaine. Martine Bruneau, une moitié du duo [ … ]
La deuxième édition de l’événement Métamorphose du Studio 303 aura lieu cette fin de semaine, and nous accueillons une des deux paires qui présentera leur travail . Combinant un(e) artiste [ … ]
Choreographer and member of the “collective” The Choreographers, Katie Ward joins us to speak about her work, Infinity Doughnut. The work will be presented as a part of the Tangente season [ … ]
We Walk Among You is a puppet show by the Artichoke Heart Collective. We speak with director Tijiki Morris, puppeteers Andrew Young and Talia DelCogliano, and fight director/foley artist Alexandra [ … ]
The Dance Umbrella of Ontario is a non-profit organization that provides administrative support for independent dance artists and small companies in the province. Allison speaks with a few of DUO’s [ … ]
Timothy Rodrigues fills in as a guest host on the podcast to record a special episode along side J.D. Papillon. Simon-Xavier Lefebvre and David Albert-Toth lend their thoughts and experience [ … ]
This week at Tangente Bettina Hoffmann is presenting her piece, Isolation, along side the work of Mary St-Amand Williamson and Zohar Melinek, Nation-Individual. All three artists speak with J.D. Papillon [ … ]
Return guests Karen Fennell and Helen Simard tell us about their epic music and movement collaboration, The Trouble with Twenty-One Realities, for which Jackie Gallant is also a collaborator. The [ … ]
To celebrate 100 weeks of producing our podcast, we hosted a lively conversation about dance. Margie Gillis, Dorian Nuskind-Oder and Philip Fortin join co-hosts Allison Burns, J.D. Papillon, Stéphanie Morin-Robert [ … ]
Hors JE est la dernière création présentée à l’Agora de la danse. C’est une proposition chorégraphique de Dominique Porte et sa compagnie, Système D. Hors JE is the latest work [ … ]
Amy Blackmore, the Executive and Artistic Director of MainLine Theatre, tells us about the surprising presence of dance in the theatre’s upcoming season. The events include the Bouge d’ici Dance [ … ]
C’est le temps d’une nouvelle édition de Danses Buissonnières, l’événement annuel présenté à Tangente qui offre l’opportunité de voir une sélection de chorégraphes de la relève. Nos invités cette semaine [ … ]
Opening the Tangente season this year will be a double bill of remounted work. We speak with David Albert-Toth of Parts+Labour_Danse and Emily Honegger of Floor Rider & Tonik. They [ … ]
This episode features a series of interviews with artists presenting dance and movement work at the Vancouver Fringe Festival this year. We start with Ryan Caron who is a trained [ … ]
Cette semaine à Dirty Feet, Manuel Roque se joint à Tim et J.D. en studio pour parler de sa nouvelle pièce, Data, qui sera présentée dans le cadre d’Iceberg – [ … ]
This episode features interviews with artists presenting dance and movement work at the Victoria Fringe Festival this year. First we speak with the five-person cast and creation team behind Vasilisa, [ … ]
This episode features a series of interviews with artists presenting dance and movement work at the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival this year. We begin with Jake Hastey, who is [ … ]
Vanessa Beaupré, Marilyn Daoust et Laurie-Anne Langis du Collective Collision présentera « Êtres à lacer » dans le cadre du festival Zone Homa. Cette soirée soulagera aussi une création intitulée [ … ]
This episode features a series of interviews with artists presenting work that involves physical theatre at the Saskatoon Fringe Festival this year. First, Jan Janovsky speaks about his show, Play [ … ]
Alexis Trepanier is leading an initiative to keep Montréal dancers moving and growing while on summer vacation. The program, Nous Sommes L’Été, offers different workshops throughout the summer months in [ … ]
The founding director of Ballet Divertimento, Susan Alexander, joins J.D. and Tim in the studio to talk about the founding of the school, it’s philosophy, and the different classes and [ … ]
Guest host Tim Rodrigues joins J.D. Papillon for an interview of burlesque performer, Miss Sugarpuss (Holly Gauthier-Frankel). She is collaborating with comedian DeAnne Smith for a show called Stand Up [ … ]
In this episode Allison interviews as many dance artists presenting work at the Toronto Fringe as she is able to. We start off with a conversation with the two Co-Artistic [ … ]
While visiting New York City, we caught some remarkable interviews with dance artists based, or partially based in the big apple. Our first encounter was with Dylan Crossman, who has [ … ]
Alexandre Hamel du collectif Le Patin Libre nous rend visite pour nous expliquer son travail. Le groupe d’artistes créer des pièces de patinage contemporain dont une chorégraphie « Ceci est [ … ]
This week we hosted a round-table discussion with several of the artists presenting dance works at the 2014 St-Ambroise Montréal Fringe Festival. Involved in the conversation are Travis Knights and [ … ]
This week we filled up the episode with interviews of artists presenting work at the 2014 St-Ambroise Montréal Fringe Festival. Although none of these shows fall under the dance category, [ … ]
Peter Trosztmer, Thea Patterson and Sonya Stefan are presenting work as a part of a festival of their own creation, the F OFF (microfest). Thea and Peter, along with Jeremy [ … ]
Mark Lawes and Raphaële Thiriet speak with us about their multi-disciplinary creation, Sometime between now and when the sun goes Supernova. Mark is founding artistic director of Theatre Junction, and [ … ]
The OFFTA is a multidisciplinary contemporary art festival that celebrates experimentation. It is presented along side the Festival TransAmériques in Montréal. We speak with Caroline Laurin-Beaucage about how the OFFTA [ … ]
Nous avons le plaisir de recevoir de nouveau Lucie Grégoire, qui vient nous parler de son prochain solo intitulé « Ciel et cendres ». Nous l’avons rencontré la première en [ … ]
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Dance Roads (Bancs d’essai internationaux). This is a Tangente project that brings together five choreographers from different countries to create a touring production [ … ]
Karine Théorêt vient nous rencontrer en représentant le collectif Trioco. Ce dernier fut créé par Karine, Zoé, Martine, Olivier et Marie-Ève Tremblay en 2010. Nous parlons de leur projet « [ … ]
The Griffintown Project will take over an old building in Montréal’s Griffintown area for two days of performance and visual arts. We speak with co-producer/creator Sophia Wright about this project, [ … ]
Woo Me Myth is a dance rock opera company based in Montréal, led by choreographic director & dancer, Jenn Doan, and artistic director & composer, Ted Strauss. They both join [ … ]
Studio 303’s REMIX (danse) project pairs a choreographer with another dance artist whose assignment is to remix their original choreographic work. Both the original piece and the new version are [ … ]
Nous recevons trois artistes qui présenteront leur travail dans le cadre du Festival Vue sur la Relève. Laurence Sabourin nous parle de sa collaboration avec Marie-Lys Trudel. Ces demoiselles partagent [ … ]
Amélie Rajotte nous parle de l’entrainement qu’elle a connue en France, de son expérience en tant qu’interprète et chorégraphe, ainsi que de sa plus récente pièce Carnaval. Nous discutons du [ … ]
Jean-Sébastien Lourdais nous partage son parcours et ses ambitions artistiques dans le cadre de son plus récent travail, Milieu de nulle part. Cette pièce sera présentée à l’Agora de la [ … ]
La prochaine double programmation présentée par Tangente à Montréal nous fera découvrir la pièce Mange-moi de Andréanne Leclerc et Miss de Jade Maquis. Les chorégraphes nous rejoignent en studio pour [ … ]
We invite three members of the Body Slam crew into the studio. Well… five members if you count two of the podcast’s hosts who have participated in the interdisciplinary improvisation [ … ]
Annie Gagnon présentera « Reviens vers moi le ventre en premier » dans le cadre de la présente saison de Tangente. Elle nous parle de sa récente chorégraphie, en plus [ … ]
Nous commençons l’épisode en discutant avec Emmanuelle Calvé, qui présente un travail multi-disciplinaire, EMMAC Terre Marine, dans le cadre de la programmation Traces-Hors-Sentiers de Danse-Cité. Le travail mélange la marionette, [ … ]
Thea Patterson performs the dance that i cannot do in a 3rd Floor Projects presentation held at La Poêle. We speak with her about this work, about being a dancer [ … ]
Rosy Simas is a Minneapolis-based choreographer, dancer and teacher. She tells us about her most recent work; We Wait In The Darkness, which was inspired by her Seneca heritage. We [ … ]
Studio 303’s Artistic & General Director, Miriam Ginestier, and Production & Technical Director, Andrea Joy Rideout, go into detail with us about the services offered by 303. The conversation moves [ … ]
Le chorégraphe Thierry Huard se joint à nous en studio pour parler de sa création, Genesis, qui sera présentée à Tangente cette semaine. La pièce met en scène les interprètes [ … ]
Inertia is the name of a modern dance collective composed of McGill University students. Representing the 2013-14 group we speak with Merritt Millman, Rachel Cross-Calvert, Miya Shaffer, Kaya Pino and [ … ]
Bouge d’ici is celebrating its 5th year of supporting the Montréal dance community. holly Greco, planning committee member and mentor, returns to the podcast to represent the dance festival again this [ … ]
Jamie Wright et Isabelle Poirier partagent leur expérience particulière étant à la fois interprète en danse… et mère. Elles nous expliquent la façon dont leur corps et leur vie ont [ … ]
Kati Belanger attended the school, Espacio LEM in Argentina. Specifically she participated in the Programa de entrenamiento para performers as alumno invitado. This interview was recorded in March 2013, when [ … ]
Lucie Boissinot, la directrice artistique et responsable des études de l’École de danse contemporaine de Montéal (ÉDCM) nous rejoint en studio avec deux étudiants, Hélène Remoué et Jean-Benoît Labrecque, qui [ … ]
Pour la deuxième année de suite nous recevons les artistes de la relève de Danses Buissonnières 2013, produit par Tangente. Ces jeunes artistes présenteront leurs courtes chorégraphies et nous parlent [ … ]
Catherine Lavoie-Marcus et Michel F. Côté ont créé la pièce Schizes sur le sundae, à l’aide de leurs trois interprètes Kelly Keenan, Lael Stellick et Magali Stoll. Les chorégraphes nous [ … ]
It’s our One-Year Anniversary Episode and it’s all about us this week! To celebrate, we round up past and current podcast contributors and bring you the background behind the Dirty [ … ]
Netherlands choreographer Ann Van den Broek speaks to us about her emotionally charged body of work. We focus on Co(te)lette, a 2007 piece that Montréalers can catch this week at [ … ]
Andrée-Anne Ratthé joins us to talk about her interactive dance piece, Branché. This work was designed with an adolescent audience in mind. Andrée-Anne invites, or rather encourages her audience to take [ … ]
Lara Kramer is a dancer and choreographer who takes inspiration from her Aboriginal roots to create powerful and political work. We speak with her about her three full-length pieces to [ … ]
Sonya Stefan joins us in studio to talk about dance, choreography, film and art. She is representing the company Bande Interdite (which also includes Sylvain Poirier and Yves St. Pierre) [ … ]
Choreographer Marie Béland founded her own company, maribé – sors de ce corps. In addition, she is a founding member of La 2e Porte à Gauche. We have her on [ … ]
Cécile Thomas, notre première invitée,nous parlant du Festival Phenoména. Célébrant la deuxième année de l’événement sous ce nom. La productrice représente également le collectif Les Filles Électriques (LFÉ). Par la [ … ]
Choreographer Chris Haring joins us for an interview. He represents Liquid Loft and their production of Running Sushi. The show, inspired by Manga, sushi and more, premiered at the ImPulsTanz [ … ]
C’est à Tangente que sera présentée la série de duos « 3² » . Les 3 créations sont chorégraphiées et interprétées par chaque duo. Nous parlons en premier à Emmanuelle [ … ]
David Albert-Toth and Emily Gualtieri are the founders and co-artistic directors of the new Montréal-based contemporary dance company, Parts+Labour_Danse. They tell us about their company mandate, the philosophy behind it, [ … ]
Soldiers of peace, Pamela Schneider and Sifiso Seleme, discuss their politically charged work, Tikvah Themba, being presented by Tangente. They also talk with us about their unique movement backgrounds, and [ … ]
Dans le cadre de l’événement, Quartiers Danse cette année, deux jeunes hommes présenteront le fruit de leur labeur en deux événements semblables et différents à la fois. En premier, Sébastien [ … ]
Cette année pour la 11e édition du festival Quartiers Danse, vous pourrez voir le travail de nos deux invitées de cette semaine. Élisabeth Desbiens et Priscilla Guy présenteront des vidéos-danse [ … ]
Alban Richard est le chorégraphe de la compagnie de danse française Ensemble L’Abrupt. Il nous parle de son parcours à travers le monde de la danse et précise son rôle de [ … ]
Elizabeth Langley has a creative career spanning sixty years working professionally in dance. She designed and developed the Contemporary Dance Program at Concordia University, founded in 1979. We celebrate her [ … ]
Born in Stockholm, the concept of a Lunch Beat event is an hour-long dance party that takes place on a weekday from noon to 1pm. Lunch and water are provided, and [ … ]
Choreographer and performer, Joannie Douville founded the dance company, Je suis Julio alongside Ariane Boulet and Andréa de Keijzer. Their piece, N’arrête jamais d’inventer l’espace où je me trouve, is [ … ]
Laura Toma, Canada’s only teacher of Gaga joins us to speak about this movement language developed by Ohad Naharin of the Batsheva Dance Company. Laura Toma, la seule enseignante de [ … ]
Encore cette semaine, nous recevons pour la 5e édition de Zone HoMa (qui se tient du 16 juillet au 24 août) deux artistes des spectacles Sans tête ni queue , pour [ … ]
Le projet R*pe a été créer par Marika Dumoulin Lafond, qui a invité 10 chorégraphes différents dans le but de créer 10 solos qu’elle seule interprètera. Le thème du viol [ … ]
Atypique — Le Collectif et Dans son salon nous parle de leur collaboration sur le projet SQUAT 4200, qui sera présentée dans le cadre de la 5e édition de Zone [ … ]
We host a discussion with three musicians who have worked with choreographers and dancers as composers, accompanists and/or on stage performers. Tristan Henry, David Drury and Nans Bortuzzo are at [ … ]
Andreane Leclerc and Helen Simard are both choreographing works for this summer’s edition of Piss in the Pool. Created by Wants&Needs danse, the event takes place in an empty pool, [ … ]
This is the second of a pair of episodes dedicated to dance at the 2013 St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival. It was recorded and broadcasted live from the Fringe outdoor site! [ … ]
In this first of two episodes dedicated to the 2013 St-Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival, we speak with representatives of eight different productions and events taking place during the festival. The common thread is there inclusion of movement and/or dance! We start of by speaking with Kati Bélanger from the company Sacra, who has choreographed the dance piece, MADE of MEAT. Next, choreographer Gabrielle Coulter & performer Phoenix Wood tell us about Glam Gam’s variety show, The Little Beau Peep Show.
Notre invité, Robert Meilleur , interprète depuis plusieurs années pour la compagnie O Vertigo nous parle de leur toute nouvelle création Khaos en première montréalaise dans le cadre du FTA [ … ]
Shena Cameron-Prihoda is the Assistant Director of the Cameron School of Dance. The studio – founded in 1938 by her grandmother – is a family business not only in terms [ … ]
Le duo Karenne Gravel et Emmalie Ruest, nommé Dans son salon, nous parle de leur pièce Parcequ’on sait jamais qui sera présenté à la Licorne dans le cadre du OffTA (Festivals [ … ]
Nous discutons cette semaine des présentations étudiantes de l’École de danse contemporaine de Montréal (anciennement très connu sous le nom de LADMMI) avec la directrice artistique et directrice des études [ … ]
Ziyian Kwan’s piece, The neck to fall, and Audrée Juteau’s Poisson are being presented as a double bill at Studio 303 in Montréal this month. The ladies tell us about [ … ]
Alexandra “Spicey” Landé, the producer of Bust A Move, an international competition and celebration of street dance, joins us in studio along with Handy “Monsta Pop” Yacinthe. Hosted in Montréal by the [ … ]
La semaine de la danse est officiellement entamée, cette semaine nous discutons avec les sœurs jumelles (identiques !) Élodie et Séverine Lombardo = Les Sœurs Schmutt, pour leur événement Schmuttland [ … ]
Deux chorégraphes qui présentent le fruit de leur labeur cette année au festival Vue sur la relève viennent nous parler de leurs pièces respectives. Maigwenn Desbois et ses deux interprètes [ … ]
Lucie Grégoire speaks about her collaboration with Yoshito Ohno. The piece, called In Between, is being presented at Théâtre Outremont in Montréal this April. It is the third in their [ … ]
Granhøj Dans is currently presenting their production of Dance Me To The End on/off Love at Centaur theatre in Montréal. All the way from Denmark, artistic director and company founder Palle [ … ]
The BIennale de GIgue COntemporaine is celebrating its 5th edition this March. We start the episode speaking with Ian Yaworski & Luk Fleury about the event, and contemporization of jig [ … ]
The dance company, Mayday, was founded by Montréal-based choreographer Mélanie Demers in 2007. She has created fifteen works, exposing a signature that can be described as surreal, theatrical, humorous and [ … ]
Deux danseuses de Ethereal Tribal sont venues nous voir pour nous parler du 6e anniversaire de la troupe, composée de 10 femmes (chorégraphes, interprètes et enseignantes de danse). Dominique Sénécal [ … ]
Celebrating 20 years, The Edgy Women Festival presents a feminist arts festival with the mixed themes of art, sports & gender this year. Miriam Ginestier, the artistic and general director of [ … ]
The founder and artistic director of Compagnie Flak, José Navas speaks to us about his career, the remarkable story of it’s beginning, his current success and his future interests. This [ … ]
Studio Fleur d’Asphalte is a wonderful dance studio in Montréal which hosts the events Performances de la Mi-Lune and Soirées Improvisoires. Stéphanie Bernard speaks with us about her involvement with [ … ]
Dorian Nuskind-Oder is a choreographer and dancer who received her training and launched her professional career in New York. She has since worked several times in Montréal, and recently relocated [ … ]
La chorégraphe Karine Ledoyen est en studio pour nous parler de son parcours en danse ainsi que de sa nouvelle création Trois Paysages présentée en grande première à L’Agora de la danse de Montréal en février. Par [ … ]
For the first half of the program, Lael Stellick joins us in studio. He is one of three male dancers in Aurélie Pedron’s latest creation Corps Caverneux, being co-produced by [ … ]
Frédéric Tavernini et Anne Thériault nous parlent du processus créatif et de l’effort physique de vivre avec la maladie pour la pièce Le Tératome (tumeur). Présenté à Tangente en janvier. [ … ]
Bouge d’ici supports Montreal’s up-and-coming contemporary dance artists. This year’s dance festival is taking place from January 11th-19th in Montréal. We speak with Heather Lynn Macdonald, an artist in this [ … ]
Myriam Allard & Aurélie Brunelle from La Otra Orilla join us in studio to talk about their upcoming show, HomoBLABLAtus being presented by Danse Danse at the Cinquième Salle of [ … ]
Discussing the art of dancing, choreographing and teaching with two of Montréal’s wisest dance artists, George Stamos & Erin Flynn. They share their thoughts about continued training, body maintenance and pure expression; [ … ]
Your boxing day gift from Dirty Feet: a really fun round-table discussion with some of the big wigs of the Montréal burlesque scene. We are joined by Miss Sugarpuss, Sucre [ … ]
The Hudson Village Theatre is presenting a pantomime production of Puss in Boots this season. We speak with the dazzling Stephanie McKenna & Eleanor Young, Both of whom are multi-talented [ … ]
Dirty Feet hosts two distinct interviews with two intriguing young choreographers. The first is visual artists and choreographer Geneviève C. Ferron who presented her work, Tout est dit, il ne [ … ]
The Dirty Feet team speaks to some of the choreographers of tomorrow. Rosie Contant and Frédéric Wiper worked together to choreograph Rond-Point. Audrey Rochette presents her creation Cake. They present their work alongside five [ … ]
Dirty Feet hosts a set of three interwoven interviews with some talented and experience artists who are all presenting in Short&Sweet for the first time. Gerard Reyes, Kimberley De Jong and Laurence Fournier Campeau share [ … ]
The team behind the Dirty Feet podcast is proud to present our premiere episode! A bilingual round table discussion on dance journalism with Sylvain Verstricht, from the bilingual blog Local Gestures; Fabienne Cabado, a dance [ … ]