The Dance Centre Podcast
Welcome to The Dance Centre Podcast, a monthly podcast from The Dance Centre. Join our host Claire French as she talks to artists, choreographers and other members of the dance world here on the West Coast to find out more about their work as creative practitioners and what it means to be a dance professional today.
Episodes
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire welcomes Artistic Co-Directors of Company 605, Lisa Mariko Gelley and Josh Martin. Together they share their dance journeys, their relationship with dance, and the evolution of Company 605 from a collective to where it is today.
Josh and Lisa also discuss the work they do in the Vancouver dance community, their creation process, and how their new work, Sloth Canon, came ...
Welcome back to the Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire is joined by dance artist, choreographer and Artistic Director of Action at a Distance, Vanessa Goodman.
Together they discuss Vanessa's journey with dance, how she make dance a communal experiences as well as her relationship with music and sound - and how to listen to dance.
Vanessa also speaks about creating dance and sound with her collaborators, group work and cr...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire is joined by dance artist and choreographer Gaurav Bhatti. Together they discuss how dance chose him, his journey through dance genres, starting with Bollywood to his current work in Kathak, the relationship between Kathak and Contemporary dance and the evolution of his new piece Bulleh Shah: Seeker of Light.
See Bulleh Shah: Seeker of Light - March 28-29, 2025 at Scotia...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire chats with Jessica Jone, principal and artistic director of the Lorita Leung Dance Academy. Together they discuss Jessica's journey with Chinese and contemporary dance, the different chapters of her life in dance and her relationship with the Dance Centre.
Jessica also shares the correlations she sees between Chinese and Contemporary dance and gives us a brief overview of ...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire chats with interdisciplinary artist, choreographer and performer Erika Mitsuhashi. Together they discuss Erika's journey with dance, evolving from a dance artist to making dance, exploring other disciplines and materiality, as well as her collaborations to create and produce dance
Erika also shares about her current project: putting together a dance work within spiritual s...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire welcomes dance artist and choreographer Tasha Faye Evans. Together they speak about community engagement, her house posts project In The Presence of Ancestors, and the evolution of her piece Cedar Woman.
Show Notes:
Website: tashafayeevans.com
Coast Salish Design Elements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc3K-MyH3xg
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire welcomes Anya Saugstad, dancer, choreographer and recipient of the 2023 Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award. Together they discuss Anya's dance and choreography journey, how she is inspired by nature and uses it in her work, and why she enjoys working with a team.
Claire and Anya also talk about her piece, Paper Mountains and it's journey leading up to it's world pr...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month, Claire sat down with Dance In Vancouver 2024 curator Anthea Lewis and Freddie Opoku-Addaie, who has also been closely involved in the curatorial process.
Together they discuss the dance communities in London and Vancouver and the importance of hearing from multiple, different voices when curating. Plus Anthea shares her approach to curating DIV 2024.
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire sits down with dance artist, choreographer and Artistic Director of Shakti Dance, Anusha Fernando. Together they discuss her history and career in Bharata Natyam, the creation of Shakti Dance as well as her role in the formation of the Jai Gavinda Dance Academy and Mandala Arts & Culture Society. Plus the evolution of Bharata Natyam as a dance form, supporting personal...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire sits down with interdisciplinary artist and scholar Dr. Ayasha Guerin. Together they discuss Ayasha's journey and connection with dance, her current work at UCLA, and the importance of dance and moving the body.
Claire and Ayasha also talk about the Liberated Planet Studio, diving into the creation of the project and how it has evolved and changed over its different iterat...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire is joined by dance artist, choreographer and multidisciplinary artist Sophie Dow.
Join them as they discuss how Sophie got started in dance, the many hats they wear in their careers in dance and bodyworks, plus their new piece Agrimony and it's journey through music and dance.
https://www.sophiedow.com/
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire is joined by dance artist and choreographer Rebecca Margolick. Join them as they discuss Rebecca's dance journey including her time in New York and her experience working in both Canada and America. She also shares what inspires her, the importance of collaboration, the closeness she feels to her collaborators and how she connects the people she's worked with together thro...
Welcome back to the Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to tap dancer Danny Nielsen about how he got started in tap and how he draws inspiration from his instructors as well as the elders and masters of tap.
Join them as they discuss the complex history of tap, the future of art form and what to expect from his new show, In Conversation, premiering at Scotiabank Dance Centre May 23 & 24.
Show Notes:
In Conversatio...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to dance artist, choreographer and Co-Artistic Director of Dance//Novella, Racheal Prince. Join them as they discuss Racheal's journey through dance including her time with Ballet BC, her work teaching and guiding young dance artists, the creation of Dance//Novella and the inspiration behind their new work, Night is the Mother.
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to dance artist, choreographer and Artistic Director of The Falling Company, Marissa Wong. Join them as they discuss Marissa's career journey and how it led her to The Falling Company, the importance of facilitating inclusive and sustainable art spaces, time management and the personal inspiration behind her new piece, Family Room.
See the world premiere of Family ...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to Dr. Alina Sotskova, Founder and Artistic Co-Director of Voirelia Dance Hub. Join them as they discuss Alina's dance career as well as her work in clinical psychology and how she balances the two. Alina also shares her journey to contemporary dance, why she started Voireila Dance Hub and how literature inspires her work including the piece De/Formed Revival which y...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to dance artist Sarah Hin Ching U about her dance career, moving from ballroom dance to contemporary, breaking and street dance, working as neurodivergent artist and her upcoming residency in Montreal as part of the Quebec BC Residency Exchange with Circuit-Est Centre Chorégraphique.
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. Today Claire talks to interdisciplinary artist Nellie Gossen about Nellie's work with fashion, including the previous iterations of their piece Returns, as well as their experience with dance both in Vancouver and Germany.
See Returns from January 7 - February 3 at Scotiabank Dance Centre, details and full viewing scheduled here: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/nellie-gossen/
Returns is...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. Today Claire talks to dance artist, choreographer, and founder of Co.ERASGA, Alvin Tolentino.
Join them as they discuss Alvin's beginnings as an independent dance artist, the creation process and how that has changed over his long career, his collaboration with dance and interdisciplinary artists and the cultural shift happening in the dance world today.
Learn more about Co.ERASGA's and t...
Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. In today's episode Claire talks to dance artist, choreographer and founder of Stand Up Dance, Meagan O'Shea, about why and how she does a "slow tour" model, the importance of community and creative engagement, the improvisation and ensemble work that led to their show Anatomalia and the generosity of saying no.
See Anatomalia from Stand Up Dance November 16-18 at Scotiabank Dance Centre:...
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