MOVERS SHAKERS MAKERS
by Makeshift CompanyWhat makes creative people tick? How do they find and develop their inspiration? Welcome to the podcast that draws back the curtain on the inventive mind and its artistic process with a series of interviews between host Emma Lister and performers, choreographers, designers and other artists. Look out for our special mini-series, like 'Ballet for the 21st Century' and 'Dance in the Time of Corona'.
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Episodes
Irish Women Making Dance - The Introduction
25m · PublishedAhead of our first roundtable discussion with six women making dance in Ireland, Emma Lister and cohost Zoë Ashe-Browne give a (tiny) bit of Irish history and pose the driving question of this new mini series: In a time when the conversation in dance often turns to the predominance of men in roles of leadership, why are there so many women choreographing in Ireland?
Zoë Ashe-Browne is the winner of the Markievicz Award 2021.
This mini series has been made possible by support from the Arts Council Ireland on behalf of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
REFERENCES
Dance Data Project census 2021
Lecture on Constance Markievicz by Prof Paseta
Irish Women Making Dance - The Introduction
25m · PublishedAhead of our first roundtable discussion with six women making dance in Ireland, Emma Lister and cohost Zoë Ashe-Browne give a (tiny) bit of Irish history and pose the driving question of this new mini series: In a time when the conversation in dance often turns to the predominance of men in roles of leadership, why are there so many women choreographing in Ireland?
Zoë Ashe-Browne is the winner of the Markievicz Award 2021.
This mini series has been made possible by support from the Arts Council Ireland on behalf of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
REFERENCES
Dance Data Project census 2021
Lecture on Constance Markievicz by Prof Paseta
Dolly Brown⎪Photographer
42m · PublishedDolly Brown is a photographer who specialises in documenting art and artists. She may be best known as her Instagram alterego: @londonlivingdoll. She's worked with The Royal Ballet, Barbican, Tate Modern, Trisha Brown Dance Company, BalletBoyz, Mark Morris Dance Group among many others and has exhibited in the London galleries such as Mother, Plinth, London Institute of Photography and Galerie Norbert Arns in Cologne.
We spoke about one of her favourite shots of all time, why she likes to work on the periphery of her subjects and how Instagram subverted existing power dynamics within the photography industry.
The 3 Questions...
Is there a piece of art that changed everything or you?
James Joyce - Ulysses
Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway
Is there a piece of art or artist that you don't necessarily like, but you think has value?
Wagner
Tell us about an artist that we may not know about but who we should check out.
Gregory Spears, composer
Jan Svobada, photographer
Dolly Brown⎪Photographer
42m · PublishedDolly Brown is a photographer who specialises in documenting art and artists. She may be best known as her Instagram alterego: @londonlivingdoll. She's worked with The Royal Ballet, Barbican, Tate Modern, Trisha Brown Dance Company, BalletBoyz, Mark Morris Dance Group among many others and has exhibited in the London galleries such as Mother, Plinth, London Institute of Photography and Galerie Norbert Arns in Cologne.
We spoke about one of her favourite shots of all time, why she likes to work on the periphery of her subjects and how Instagram subverted existing power dynamics within the photography industry.
The 3 Questions...
Is there a piece of art that changed everything or you?
James Joyce - Ulysses
Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway
Is there a piece of art or artist that you don't necessarily like, but you think has value?
Wagner
Tell us about an artist that we may not know about but who we should check out.
Gregory Spears, composer
Jan Svobada, photographer
Kalle Nio ⎪Magician/Visual Artist
45m · PublishedKalle Nio is a magician and visual artist based in Finland. He is co-drector/founder of the theatre company WHS and the recipient of numerous awards including the Finnish state prize for Multidisciplinary Art and the Helsinki Cultural Prize.
In this episode he and host Emma Lister discuss Lähtö (Départ), a beautiful, uncategorizable theatre piece which he directs and performs in, as well as the connections between magic and early cinema, why Victorian magicians inspire him most and his 2016 piece, Cutting Edge.
Kalle is another interview in our artist chain after having been nominated by Adrian Berry in the previous episode!
Kallenio.com
Lähtö trailer
Cutting Edge trailer
The 3 questions...
Was there a piece of art that changed everything for you?
Philippe Genty's Dédale
Was there a piece of art that you didn't like but that you think has value?
Xavier Le Roy's Untitled
Who should the listeners know about who they may not?
Tin Grabnar, theatre director of Somewhere Else
Kalle Nio ⎪Magician/Visual Artist
45m · PublishedKalle Nio is a magician and visual artist based in Finland. He is co-drector/founder of the theatre company WHS and the recipient of numerous awards including the Finnish state prize for Multidisciplinary Art and the Helsinki Cultural Prize.
In this episode he and host Emma Lister discuss Lähtö (Départ), a beautiful, uncategorizable theatre piece which he directs and performs in, as well as the connections between magic and early cinema, why Victorian magicians inspire him most and his 2016 piece, Cutting Edge.
Kalle is another interview in our artist chain after having been nominated by Adrian Berry in the previous episode!
Kallenio.com
Lähtö trailer
Cutting Edge trailer
The 3 questions...
Was there a piece of art that changed everything for you?
Philippe Genty's Dédale
Was there a piece of art that you didn't like but that you think has value?
Xavier Le Roy's Untitled
Who should the listeners know about who they may not?
Tin Grabnar, theatre director of Somewhere Else
Dance in the Time of Corona - Dancers in the Balance
1h 2m · PublishedIn the final episode of our three part miniseries, we zoom in to meet three dancers. They are all at different stages of their careers and their lives have been affected in different ways by the pandemic:
GEAROID: 18 months into his professional career he is leaving his company job in Zurich. But, with the pandemic looming it is not the ideal time to go job hunting…
TIA: A mid career freelancer, Tia is days away from opening night of AWDC performance at Sadler’s Wells when the UK gets its stay at home orders…
MINTY: At a point in her career where she is dancing her dream roles, Minty can’t shake the feeling that there’s another direction she should explore. Then Covid hit…
In this episode we will also zoom out, looking at the larger picture of how dancers, whose performing years are so limited, have had their careers particularly altered by the pandemic.
REFERENCES:
Theresa Ruth Howard, companies sending dance floor to dancers in their homes, humanizes dancers.
Freelancers Make Theatre Work analysis of challenges faced by performing arts sector freelancers
NYTimes reports on artists losing health care coverage from unions
NYTimes says 35 is average retirement age for dancers
Dance in the Time of Corona - Dancers in the Balance
1h 2m · PublishedIn the final episode of our three part miniseries, we zoom in to meet three dancers. They are all at different stages of their careers and their lives have been affected in different ways by the pandemic:
GEAROID: 18 months into his professional career he is leaving his company job in Zurich. But, with the pandemic looming it is not the ideal time to go job hunting…
TIA: A mid career freelancer, Tia is days away from opening night of AWDC performance at Sadler’s Wells when the UK gets its stay at home orders…
MINTY: At a point in her career where she is dancing her dream roles, Minty can’t shake the feeling that there’s another direction she should explore. Then Covid hit…
In this episode we will also zoom out, looking at the larger picture of how dancers, whose performing years are so limited, have had their careers particularly altered by the pandemic.
REFERENCES:
Theresa Ruth Howard, companies sending dance floor to dancers in their homes, humanizes dancers.
Freelancers Make Theatre Work analysis of challenges faced by performing arts sector freelancers
NYTimes reports on artists losing health care coverage from unions
NYTimes says 35 is average retirement age for dancers
Dance in the Time of Corona - Dancers' Mental Health During the Pandemic
1h 3m · PublishedThe last 18 months have been a trying time for everyone’s mental health. But how have dancers been uniquely affected? A group of artists whose lives and identities are notoriously tied up in training and career—what happened when the theatres went dark and the studios fell silent?
Through interviews with a range of dancers, host Emma Lister explores mental health during the pandemic— taking in depression, PTSD, body image issues, substance abuse…and some surprising positive effects too!
Interviewees:
Isaac Bowry
Crystal Costa
Ash Mukherjee
Vanessa Vince Pang
with Kristen McGarrity, BSc (Hons) Psychology
SURVEY RESULTS
Has the Covid-19 pandemic affected your mental health negatively? (you can tick multiple)
Anxiety | 73.65%
Depression | 51.26%
Insomnia | 31.77%
Loneliness | 51.26%
Boredom | 50.9%
Fear | 44.04%
Anger | 35.38%
Obsessive behaviour | 19.13%
Alcohol/substance abuse | 13.36%
Stress | 64.98%
PTSD | 6.86%
Suicidal Thoughts | 9.75%
No it hasn't affected me negatively | 4.69%
Has the Covid-19 pandemic affected your mental health positively? (you can tick multiple)
Time to reflect | 67.03%
Time to rest | 63.41%
Time to heal (physically or mentally) | 46.38%
Spend more time with loved ones | 52.54%
Reconnected with people | 28.62%
No, there have been no positives | 5.43%
REFERENCES
PubMed article
Forbes article
In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 or email [email protected] or [email protected]
In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is at 800-273-8255 or chat for support
Other international helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org
Kristen’s references:
Cooley, C.H. (1902) Human Nature and the Social Order, New York, Scribner.
Hollway, W. (2012) Social Psychology Matter, The Open University, Milton Keynes, Chapter 5: Self, pp. 123 - 124.
Mind.org.uk
Dance in the Time of Corona - Dancers' Mental Health During the Pandemic
1h 3m · PublishedThe last 18 months have been a trying time for everyone’s mental health. But how have dancers been uniquely affected? A group of artists whose lives and identities are notoriously tied up in training and career—what happened when the theatres went dark and the studios fell silent?
Through interviews with a range of dancers, host Emma Lister explores mental health during the pandemic— taking in depression, PTSD, body image issues, substance abuse…and some surprising positive effects too!
Interviewees:
Isaac Bowry
Crystal Costa
Ash Mukherjee
Vanessa Vince Pang
with Kristen McGarrity, BSc (Hons) Psychology
SURVEY RESULTS
Has the Covid-19 pandemic affected your mental health negatively? (you can tick multiple)
Anxiety | 73.65%
Depression | 51.26%
Insomnia | 31.77%
Loneliness | 51.26%
Boredom | 50.9%
Fear | 44.04%
Anger | 35.38%
Obsessive behaviour | 19.13%
Alcohol/substance abuse | 13.36%
Stress | 64.98%
PTSD | 6.86%
Suicidal Thoughts | 9.75%
No it hasn't affected me negatively | 4.69%
Has the Covid-19 pandemic affected your mental health positively? (you can tick multiple)
Time to reflect | 67.03%
Time to rest | 63.41%
Time to heal (physically or mentally) | 46.38%
Spend more time with loved ones | 52.54%
Reconnected with people | 28.62%
No, there have been no positives | 5.43%
REFERENCES
PubMed article
Forbes article
In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 or email [email protected] or [email protected]
In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is at 800-273-8255 or chat for support
Other international helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org
Kristen’s references:
Cooley, C.H. (1902) Human Nature and the Social Order, New York, Scribner.
Hollway, W. (2012) Social Psychology Matter, The Open University, Milton Keynes, Chapter 5: Self, pp. 123 - 124.
Mind.org.uk
MOVERS SHAKERS MAKERS has 84 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 62:45:28. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 9th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 12th, 2024 02:41.
