Celebrate Dance!: A Podcast Round-up

The Royal Danish Ballet performing at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, whose archives are part of the Dance Heritage Coalition, created in response to the Images of American Dance study. Photo by Maxwell Citizen Kepler.
Put on your dancing shoes and turn up the music (…or podcast in this case.) NEA grantee Dance/USA is hosting its annual national conference in Austin, Texas this week from June 8-11. In honor of the conference, we’re bringing to you a list of some of our Art Works podcasts featuring interviews with dance artists. Listen to conversations with choreographers, dancers, activists, and directors as they discuss how they got started in the field, their artistic philosophies, and how they think about the unifying power of dance.
You can follow the Dance/USA conference conversation on social media with the hashtag #DUSAconf.
Robert Battle, Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Listen to the complete interview with Robert Battle here.
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Joan Myers Brown, 2012 National Medal of Arts recipient and Founder of Philadanco! Listen to the complete interview with Joan Myers Brown here.

Merce Cunningham, Choreographer and 1990 National Medal of Arts recipient. Listen to Elizabeth Streb, Suzanne Carbonneau, and Trevor Carlson talk about Merce Cunningham’s legacy here.

Parker Esse, Choreographer. Listen to the complete interview with Parker Esse here.

Liz Lerman, Choreographer and Dancer. Listen to part 1 of the interview with Liz Lerman here and part 2 here.

Kevin Locke, Lakota flute-player, Hoop-dancer, and 1990 National Heritage Fellow. Listen to the complete interview with Kevin Locke here.

Kevin McKenzie, Artistic Director of American Ballet Theatre. Listen to the complete interview with Kevin McKenzie here.

Meredith Monk, Composer, Choreographer, Performer. Listen to the complete interview with Meredith Monk here.

Rachel Moore, Author of The Artist’s Compass and President and CEO of The Music Center in Los Angeles. Listen to the complete interview with Rachel Moore here.

Carla Perlo, Founder and Artistic Director of Dance Place. Listen to the complete interview with Carla Perlo here.
