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20: Pretend I'm Not Bouncing (w/ BRANDON BARKER)
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Pretend I'm Not Bouncing.
Dancer BRANDON BARKER has his dance passion in three worlds --- the academy of a university where he is currently finishing up a BFA in concert dance, the legendary company of Black American dance Alvin Ailey where he has worked and trained, and the swing scene where he is a Lindy Hopper and Jazz dancer, performer, and teacher. See how those worlds criss-cross and collide in today's episode.
0:00 Brandon breaks down his dancing life for the discussion
6:00 Working with Clyde Wilder
8:00 What's it like being a student in your dance forms compared to each other
14:00 Bobby learns jazz and tap from a Ballerina
16:00 Performance and competitions background approaches
20:00 The art of throwing yourself into things
24:00 What's it like teaching those in the swing scene, especially with your background in concert dance training?
35:00 What are some of the things its hard to get concert dancers to do in jazz dance movement?
37:00 What happens when Hip Hop and House dancers swing?
45:00 Being a Choreography-trained dancer, what was it like when you started trying out improvisation?
54:00 In all your dance places, are you treated differently? Anything you want to share about being a Black Man in those spaces?
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Welcome to Integrated Rhythm! Two Swing Dancing besties (Chisomo Selemani & Bobby White) navigate race and the Black Experience in the world of Jazz Dance and other Afro-centric social dancing. Our goal is comfortable conversations about uncomfortable things.
Our music is by Laurel Ryan & Michelle Stokes, and the background drumming is by Bobby White
Find us at your local podcast ap, or at: https://anchor.fm/integratedrhythm
Please donate to help keep us in business:
Patreon: patreoncom/integratedrhythm
PayPal: robertwhiteiii@gmail.com (Where applicable, lease put the note "IR" in it, so that we know it's for the podcast.)
Venmo: @bobbyswungover (Where applicable, lease put the note "IR" in it, so that we know it's for the podcast.)
54 episodes
Manage episode 288951340 series 2834064
Pretend I'm Not Bouncing.
Dancer BRANDON BARKER has his dance passion in three worlds --- the academy of a university where he is currently finishing up a BFA in concert dance, the legendary company of Black American dance Alvin Ailey where he has worked and trained, and the swing scene where he is a Lindy Hopper and Jazz dancer, performer, and teacher. See how those worlds criss-cross and collide in today's episode.
0:00 Brandon breaks down his dancing life for the discussion
6:00 Working with Clyde Wilder
8:00 What's it like being a student in your dance forms compared to each other
14:00 Bobby learns jazz and tap from a Ballerina
16:00 Performance and competitions background approaches
20:00 The art of throwing yourself into things
24:00 What's it like teaching those in the swing scene, especially with your background in concert dance training?
35:00 What are some of the things its hard to get concert dancers to do in jazz dance movement?
37:00 What happens when Hip Hop and House dancers swing?
45:00 Being a Choreography-trained dancer, what was it like when you started trying out improvisation?
54:00 In all your dance places, are you treated differently? Anything you want to share about being a Black Man in those spaces?
-----------------------
Welcome to Integrated Rhythm! Two Swing Dancing besties (Chisomo Selemani & Bobby White) navigate race and the Black Experience in the world of Jazz Dance and other Afro-centric social dancing. Our goal is comfortable conversations about uncomfortable things.
Our music is by Laurel Ryan & Michelle Stokes, and the background drumming is by Bobby White
Find us at your local podcast ap, or at: https://anchor.fm/integratedrhythm
Please donate to help keep us in business:
Patreon: patreoncom/integratedrhythm
PayPal: robertwhiteiii@gmail.com (Where applicable, lease put the note "IR" in it, so that we know it's for the podcast.)
Venmo: @bobbyswungover (Where applicable, lease put the note "IR" in it, so that we know it's for the podcast.)
54 episodes
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