Terpsichore: Voices in Dance
Named after the Greek goddess of dance and chorus and also an allusion to historian Sally Banes’ seminal book on postmodern dance “Terpsichore in Sneakers,” Terpsichore is a podcast celebrating dancers, choreographers, and bodies in motion. Curated and hosted by dance critic and writer Emily May, Terpsichore interviews leading voices from the dance industry about their lives, careers, and the artists that have inspired them.
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Episodes
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Rosie Kay is an acclaimed Birmingham-based choreographer known for using dance to tackle difficult topics including war, religion, and politics. In this episode, we talk about her incredible career, from her early days touring European opera house stages with Polish Dance Theatre to championing female perspectives on stage, and the creation of her latest triple bill of solos, Absolute Solo II, which marks 5 years since she last performed and 21 years since her first ever solo show.
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Ellen van Schuylenburch is a legendary contemporary dance artist best known as a founding member of Michael Clark Company. In line with Clark's current retrospective at The Barbican, I thought it was the perfect time to speak with Ellen about her fascinating career, from dancing with Netherlands Dance Theatre 2 to training under Merce Cunningham, being part of Cindy Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" music video to performing bare bottomed alongside Michael Clark and post punk band The Fall.
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Paris-based journalist Laura Cappelle writes about dance for The Guardian, The Financial Times, and The New York Times. Having attained her PhD in sociology last year, she’s recently edited her first book, A New History of Dance in the West. We spoke to her about dance writing, the relationship between critics and artists, and overlooked female dance practitioners.