Random Dance podcast Podcasts

PillowVoices: Dance Through Time brings listeners closer to notable dance artists connected with Jacob’s Pillow, from 1933 to today. Each piece exemplifies Jacob’s Pillow’s mission to ‘support dance creation, presentation, education, and preservation; and to engage and deepen public appreciation and support for dance’ by utilizing archival recordings brought to life in the personal stories and narration of current thought-leaders and scholars. Jacob’s Pillow, lauded by The New York Times as “the dance center of the nation,” is a National Historic Landmark, a recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, and home to America’s longest-running international dance festival, located in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. PillowVoices is directed and produced by Jennifer Edwards. Ellis Rovin and James Sleeman are our composers and engineers. Music for the opening is by J.S. Bach and the closing theme is by Jess Meeker, both performed by Meeker. Content curator is Norton Owen, and associate curator is Patsy Gay.

Categories: Arts, History, Society & Culture

Tags: arts and culture, dance, dance archives, dance history, dance podcast, jacob's pillow, pillowvoices

Inside the Dancer’s Studio is a podcast from NCCAkron that brings listeners into the process of creating dance. Through interviews with choreographers from across the United States, Inside the Dancer’s Studio dissolves the mystique of dance-making into engaging fun and deeply human conversation. Inside the Dancer’s Studio is hosted by NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director Christy Bolingbroke, who poses a set series of questions about craft, process, and perseverance. This program is perfect for budding dancers, dance-makers, creatives, and anyone who has ever built something from scratch.

Categories: Arts, Education, Society & Culture

Tags: akron oh, choreography, creative process, dance podcast, national center for choreography, nccakron