Best Andrew Westle Podcasts (2024)

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Dalisa Pigram 35:05

2y ago35:05

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‘The challenge has been to create these processes that we can carry Country with us. So whether we’re, you know, performing internationally or you know on other people’s Country here in Australia, we’re carrying part of that - that process is always with us. So if it was a production that’s had choreographic processes that have been out on a specif…

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Daniel Riley 33:30

2y ago33:30

33:30

Daniel Riley, Artistic Director Australian Dance Theatre (ADT). Image Credit: © Jonathan VDK Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google ‘I think there's something about contemporary dance that people are fearful of, afraid of what they think personally. It's like, ‘oh, no, I don't get it’. ‘I don't want to try’, or, ‘I thought it was this, but may…

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Antony Hamilton 33:30

2y ago33:30

33:30

Antony Hamilton, Artistic Director Chunky Move. Image Credit: Peter Rosetzky Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google 'What we want the company to be able to do is to produce really incredible work that you're not going to see anywhere else. We want the company itself to be a space of flow, where people feel that it's a place for them, that ever…

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Alice Topp 39:50

2y ago39:50

39:50

Listen on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google ‘…if you say Ballet, there's a definite aesthetic and behaviour that comes to mind, and, you know, it doesn't look like that for everyone. […] we are people. We're not mannequins, we're not robots, ballet isn't for the elite. We're all people that have pets and walk the dogs in the morning and get burgers…

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On a Dancing*

3+ y ago

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In this episode Thomas Bradley and Felix Sampson, create an experimental soundscape to accompany the reading of Thomas’ essay ON A DANCING*, first published on Delving into Dance on 27 November 2019. You can read the full essay here, with an extract provided below. The declaration is a precursor to the dancing, akin to preparation rather than a rec…

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Samuel Gaskin speaks with Yvette Lee and Sophia Laryea 1:35:58

3+ y ago1:35:58

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This interview was conducted by Samual Gaskin, delving into being a person of colour making your mark in the Australian dance and entertainment community featuring Yvette Lee & Sophia Laryea. They talked about inclusion inspiration and appreciation.By Delving into Dance

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Elizabeth Cameron Dalman 30:10

3+ y ago30:10

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Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, currently Director of Mirramu Creative Arts Centre and Artistic Director of Mirramu Dance Company, founded Australia’s iconic contemporary dance company, Australian Dance Theatre and was its Artistic Director from 1965 - 1975. Elizabeth was awarded an OAM for her contribution to contemporary dance in Australia. Included am…

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Lillian Crombie 1:02:17

3+ y ago1:02:17

1:02:17

Lillian Crombie is a proud woman from the Pitjintjara/Yungkunjara Nation. She is one of Australia’s leading actors and studied acting, dance and drama at the Port Pirie Ballet School, NIDA, NAISDA, the EORA Centre and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, NY. Crombie has trained in classical, modern, jazz ballet and traditional Aboriginal and Tor…

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Gregory Vuyani Maqoma 48:40

4y ago48:40

48:40

Gregory is the author of the 2020 International Dance Day message – which so poignantly addresses the fragility of the world and humankind. Gregory’s dance journey provides a powerful insight to the dance of dance as a political voice and his voice has carried across the world. His insightful, unflinching, International Dance Day message speaks to …

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Edna Reinhardt 35:38

4y ago35:38

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In this episode, we meet Edna Reinhardt, a passionate creative dance and yoga educator with decades of experience in the field. Edna’s commitment to dance education developed during her foundational training in the 1970’s at the former Managala studios in Carlton under the guidance of Dorethea Mangimele, where yoga, music and dance were married to …

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Lloyd Newson 51:38

4+ y ago51:38

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Photo credit: Hugo-Glendinning Lloyd Newson is best known as the founder and artistic director of DV8 Physical Theatre, in London. Photo credit: Fiona Cullen Born in Albury, Australia, Lloyd studied psychology and social work at Melbourne University, becoming interested in dance. This interest continued to deepen when he attended the London Contemp…

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Juliet Burnett part two 24:04

4+ y ago24:04

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Image by Jacob Jonas Juliet Burnett grew up in Sydney, while spending considerable time in Indonesia. Dancing was in Juilet’s blood; her grandmother, was the Sultan’s star dancer at his court in Jogjakarta. At the age of five her parents enrolled her in ballet school to see if she took after her grandmother. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Exhibition, image…

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Juliet Burnett part one 41:50

4+ y ago41:50

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Akram Khan’s Giselle, image by Nicha Rodboon Juliet Burnett grew up in Sydney, while spending considerable time in Indonesia. Dancing was in Juilet’s blood; her grandmother, was the Sultan’s star dancer at his court in Jogjakarta. At the age of five her parents enrolled her in ballet school to see if she took after her grandmother. Juliet Burnett, …

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James Vu Anh Pham 37:00

4+ y ago37:00

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Image by Amy Gardner Image by Amy Gardner James Vu Anh Pham is from Perth, Western Australia, and was the first generation of his Vietnamese family to be raised in a Western society. James loved music as a child, playing piano, clarinet and saxophone, he planned on becoming a musician. Struggling with stage-fright a friend suggested he tried dance …

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Dan Daw 58:36

4+ y ago58:36

58:36

"Beast Martha" image by Zoe Manders “NS Image 1” image by AdeY Dan Daw is an Australian dance artist based in Birmingham. Dan grew up in Whyalla, in country South Australia. Starting dance at a young age, his grandmother was a callisthenics teacher, so was surrounded by dance and movement from a young age. "[Dance] It gave me an outlet and a way to…

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Cadi McCarthy 1:04:04

5y ago1:04:04

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Dance started for Cadi McCarthy at the youthful age of four, having been taken along to a ballet class by her parents. At the age of 17, she was accepted into the Western Australian Academy for Performing Arts (WAAPA). At WAAPA and the world of what dance was opened up for Cadi, sparking what has become a life-long commitment and investment into th…

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Adam Rutherford 21:58

5y ago21:58

21:58

“Dance, it has a tribal background, everyone does dance, initially, as kids, and we will do it socially. So I think there's a very powerful message there that can be utilised by choreographers when they're creating their works.” Adam Rutherford an independent creative practitioner, performer, choreographer, Rehearsal Director and Artistic Director …

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Aparna Nagesh 1:17:38

5y ago1:17:38

1:17:38

Aparnaa Nagesh was born in Chennai, India, into a very musical family. Formal training started “quite late at 15” but the joy of moving started long before then, and she remembers dancing around to ABBA music. She would run home from school, to catch the two hours of Western music on a radio station, kick her sister out of the room and just enjoyin…

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Anna Kenrick 31:35

5y ago31:35

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"In term of my career, I've spent most of it - if not all of it - in youth dance." And she has. Anna Kenrick, from her beginnings training at the Northern Contemporary School of Dance through to her current position as Artistic Director of YDance in Scotland, has forged a career pushing for the voice of young people. Over her career as a dancer, te…

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Isabella Stone 38:09

5y ago38:09

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Isabella Stone is a contemporary dance performer, choreographer, and teacher. Isabella believes in the power of movement and performance to connect, communicate, transform and inspire people and communities through performance experiences. Based in Perth, Isabella is a graduate of the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (2009) and LINK Dance…

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Daniel Riley 29:38

5y ago29:38

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Daniel Riley, from the Wiradjuri nation of Western NSW, first began his training in tap dance before joining QL2 Dance in Canberra. Daniel has danced with companies both in Australia and in the UK, most notably dancing with Bangarra Dance Theatre for twelve years. He has choreographic credits with Bangarra, Sydney Dance Company, Queensland Universi…

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Adam Wheeler 29:19

5y ago29:19

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Adam Wheeler is a Tasmanian born contemporary dance artist. He is an alumni of Stompin and Victorian College of the Arts whose practice is interested in diversifying how dance can be experienced both as a performer and audaicne member. He has invested the better part of his 20-year career developing programs and projects in the pursuit of enhancing…

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Vicki Van Hout 43:11

5+ y ago43:11

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Vicki Van Hout is an Indigenous independent choreographer with Wiradjuri, Dutch, Scottish, and Afghan heritage. Originally desiring a career in theatre, she was encouraged to join NAISDA Dance College (National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association Dance College). Before entering she was not interested in learning the traditional dance…

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Paul White 37:56

5+ y ago37:56

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Paul White is an Australian born dancer and choreographer, based in Berlin, with an international reputation. After starting as a dancer at Jupiters Casino in Queensland, Paul went on to do a pre-professional year at Queensland Ballet, before moving in to a career as a contemporary dancer. One of Australia’s highest regarded dancers Paul has worked…

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Danielle Micich 31:04

5+ y ago31:04

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Image includes Harrison Elliott - Image by Brett Boardman Photo Credit ABC RN Teresa Tan Danielle Micich is choreographer, director and performer, current Artistic Director of Force Majeure. Force Majeure was established in 2002 by founding Artistic Director Kate Champion and is a multi-disciplinary dance company that works across form often collab…

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Jo Lloyd 43:40

5+ y ago43:40

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Jo Lloyd is Melbourne based dance maker and choreographer. Jo started dance at a young age before going on to further study at the Victorian College of the Arts. Jo has worked with a range of companies as a dancer and choreographer including Lucy Guerin Inc, Chunky Move, Back to Back Theatre Company and worked with artists Deanne Butterworth, Shian…

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Amrita Hepi 43:46

5+ y ago43:46

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Amrita Hepi is a first nations choreographer and dancer from Bundjulung (Aus) and Ngapuhi (NZ) territories. Amrita trained at the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) dance college and Alvin Ailey American Dance School, New York. As an artist she pushes the barriers of intersectionality and makes work that garners mu…

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Thomas Bradley 39:37

5+ y ago39:37

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Thomas Bradley is an Australian dancer based between Brussels and Sydney. Growing up in Cootamundra, in regional NSW, Thomas discovery of dance came through choreographing a Jennifer Lopez routine. Thomas went to study at New Zealand School of Dance before joining Sydney Dance Company (SDC) in 2012. He received a professional development fellowship…

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Joel Bray 25:19

5+ y ago25:19

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Joel Bray has established himself as a contemporary dancer and choreographer both nationally and internationally. The Melbourne-based artist and proud Wiradjuri man began dancing at age 20, leaving a Law Degree to start training in traditional Aboriginal and Contemporary dance forms at NAISDA Dance College. Explaining: “It wasn’t so much dance I wa…

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Lauren Langlois 25:56

6y ago25:56

25:56

photo credit Pia Johnson. photo credit Pia Johnson. photo credit Pia Johnson. Lauren Langlois is a dancer, actor and choreographer based in Melbourne. Starting dance at a young age Lauren went on to train classical ballet at the Marie Walton-Mahon Dance Academy and also studied contemporary dance at the New Zealand School of Dance. Upon graduating …

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Bridget Fiske 41:53

6y ago41:53

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Photo credit: Joseph Lau ‘Never The Foxes’ Photographer: Brian Slater Bridget Fiske with performer/ creators Richard Causer, Navala Chaudhari, Joseph Lau and Stephanie Pan Commissioned by the Moving Dance Forward Associates scheme: a consortium led by Dance Manchester and MDI in partnership with the Unity Theatre, Contact, The Lowry and University …

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Jane Desmond 49:08

6y ago49:08

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Poster image New York late 1970’s, image supplied Jane Desmond. Professor Jane Desmond is one of those people who you would want on a trivia team. Starting as a dancer and choreographer, Jane’s work has moved into academia and has covered a range of fascinating areas. This interview reveals just how much dance, as a practice, has informed Jane’s wo…

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Harper Watters 43:31

6y ago43:31

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Image courtesy of Harper Watters Harper Watters is a Soloist for the Houston Ballet, where he has been dancing since 2011, starting at age 18. Harper’s success on stage has taken place alongside an incredibly vast reach on social media, with hundreds of thousands of followers across Instagram, YouTube, Facebook. This reach has allowed Harper to rea…

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Mette Ingvartsen 42:36

6y ago42:36

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Mette Ingvartsen, photo by Danny Willems Mette Ingvartsen is a Danish choreographer and dancer based in Brussels. Mette’s work also crosses over in to writing and research, holding a PhD in choreography from UNIARTS, Lunds University in Sweden. Mette established her company in 2003 and has since toured throughout Europe, US, Canada and Australia Me…

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Bruno Isaković 39:27

6y ago39:27

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Bruno Isaković is a performer, teacher and choreographer based in Zagreb, Croatia. Bruno’s dancing emerged from rave parties. "I loved it, a wave took me away from all the things I couldn’t connect with in Croatia” Dance lead Bruno to studying contemporary dance at the Amsterdam School of the Arts, graduating in 2009. Bruno’s work often explores th…

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Luke George 41:38

6y ago41:38

41:38

'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson 'Bunny' - photo by Bernie Ng 'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson 'Bunny' - photo by Byrony Jackson 'Bunny' - photo by Hideto Maezawa Luke George is a dancer and choreographer. His work often explores connection between the audience and the performers, creating a space in which the audience is a part of the event, not…

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Chase Johnsey 43:02

6y ago43:02

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“I am a huge feminist, so there was something about the strength of the females going on pointe, that really interested me, I like that there was strength beyond the beauty.” Chase Johnsey is a gender-queer dancer that is making his mark on the ballet world. Dancing professionally for Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo for 14 years, Chase was kn…

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Phillip Adams 54:28

6y ago54:28

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Phillip Adams began his dancing career as a back-up dancer for a variety show on Channel 9. In the 1980’s Phillip hitch-hiked to Melbourne, with a red mohawk, to study dance at the Victorian Collage of the Arts (VCA). After being awarded the ANZ International Fellowship Award in 1988, Phillip left Australia to spend 10 years in New York. Phillip re…

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Justin Shoulder 41:37

6y ago41:37

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Image by Tristan Jalleh Justin Shoulder is a performance-based artist, whose work cuts across performance, sculpture, dance and video. His performance work was born in the queer club scene, and has found a home in theatres and gallery spaces. Justin cites his experiences at Club Kooky and Club 77 as incredibly influential. The clubs became an escap…

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Ilse Ghekiere 43:38

6y ago43:38

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“Problem comes when there is no transparency in the hierarchy” Ilse Ghekiere is a Belgian artist, writer, researcher, teacher and historian. As a dancer she has worked with choreographers Michèle Anne De Mey, Mette Ingvartsen and Jan Martens. I came to know Ilse’s work through an article that was published last year about #METOO moments in dance. T…

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Cathy Marston 35:45

6y ago35:45

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Cathy Marston is a choreographer, artistic director and Clore Cultural Leadership Fellow. Educated in Cambridge, Cathy spent two years at the Royal Ballet School, London, before launching a successful international career now spanning over twenty years. As a student her ballet teacher told her parents; “the problem with Cathy is that she thinks for…

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Judith Mackrell 52:46

6y ago52:46

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Judith Mackrell has had an incredible career as a dance critic and as a writer. When it comes to dance, particularly in the UK, Judith’s expertise, knowledge and commentary is cherished. Judith studied a degree in English Literature at University, and was exploring life as an academic when things started to shift. Dance has since become an incredib…

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Mirjam Sögner & Renae Shadler 35:16

6+ y ago35:16

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By Delving into Dance

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David McAllister 45:00

6+ y ago45:00

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Photo credit Justin Ridler. “With dance it sort of felt right, I felt I could be myself and express myself, when I was dancing.” David McAllister’s life in ballet started with a wish upon a star. What sounds like a scene of a movie, set up a remarkable career, that continues to shape the essence of Australian dance, particularly ballet. David has b…

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Bec Reid 35:00

6+ y ago35:00

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“I don’t dance” is music to the ears of Bec Reid. It’s a provocation and an invitation. For those who are not dancers, the dance floor can seem incredibly overwhelming – the idea of moving a body in a way that is outside of the ‘normal’ is frightening. But what are we afraid of? Bec’s advice to these wall flowers is: “Back yourself, you will be a…

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Wendy Martin 30:57

6+ y ago30:57

30:57

Delving into Dance more often than not focuses on the experiences of dancers, choreographers and dance makers. But it is time to shake it up. The arts ecology is intricate and integrated and there are so many people involved in bringing arts and culture to audiences and communities. This episode is with Perth Festival Artistic Director, Wendy Marti…

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Damien Jalet 28:50

6+ y ago28:50

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Vessel Damien Jalet Image from Vessel Vessel Damien Jalet Image from Vessel Image from Vessel Image from Vessel Image from Vessel Photo credit Mats Bäcker. Damien Jalet is a freelance choreographer and performer from Belgium. Starting in theatre, Damien was originally interested in becoming a director, until he discovered dance. “What I was looking…

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Hillel Kogan 37:37

6+ y ago37:37

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Hillel Kogan is a dancer, choreographer and dramaturge based in Israel. His diverse range of works have been performed all around the world. Of particular acclaim is his piece We Love Arabs. This duet explores the dynamic relationship between an Israeli choreographer and an Arab dancer. The piece is political, funny and at times difficult to watch,…

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Cheryl Stock 1:21:23

7y ago1:21:23

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photo provided by Cheryl Stock Associate Professor Cheryl Stock PhD AM, has had a diverse and influential career with the common theme of dance running throughout. Cheryl has worked as a dancer, choreographer, academic, teacher and advocate. Cheryl has created over 50 dance works and has been a pioneer in collaborative exchanges with Asia, of parti…

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Shirley McKechnie 1:00:22

7y ago1:00:22

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Archival photo by Shirley McKechnie Shirley McKechnie’s influence on Australian Dance is extraordinary. Shirley trained with Daisy Purnitzer, a former member of Gertrude Bodenweiser's Company. In 1963, Shirley founded the Contemporary Dance Theatre of Melbourne. After traveling abroad on a trip funded by the Theatre Board of the Australia Council, …

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