Downtime with Shobana Jeyasingh

DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts

Lou's guest on Downtime today is Shobana Jeyasingh, an internationally recognised choreographer who founded Shobana Jeyasingh Dance 30 years ago. She has created over 60 critically acclaimed works for stage, screen, and public spaces such as Palladian monasteries, fountain courtyards and city offices.

In addition to her work with SJD she has also been commissioned by Rambert Dance Company, Ballet Black, Wayne McGregor/Random Dance, Beijing Modern Dance Academy and many more.

Shobana is the recipient of numerous awards including the Woman of the World Award in 2017 and a CBE in 2020.

Shobana and Lou met virtually in the mid-summer heat of August 2020. They talked about the almost eery prescience of her 2018 show Contagion; the process of making SJD Shorts – a series of digital films released during Covid; making work in, of and from the edges and some fascinating ideas around women’s and dispersed narratives...