The anti-racism consulting business Cultivating Better Tomorrows is helping to break the dance world's cycle of trauma. STEM fields need, and are looking for, artists. Dancers, companies, and viewers alike have learned much from a year of dance on camera. Duke Dang, general manager of Works & Process at the Guggenheim, joins to discuss how the series pioneered COVID-safe performance practices.
Show Notes
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-59
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 59:
-The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Rudin exposé: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/everyone-just-knows-hes-an-absolute-monster-scott-rudins-ex-staffers-speak-out-on-abusive-behavior
-Playbill coverage of the theater unions' response to THR story: https://www.playbill.com/article/theatre-unions-condemn-aggressive-harassing-behavior-in-wake-of-scott-rudin-allegations
-New York Times story on Spain's tablaos: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/arts/dance/spain-flamenco-tabloas.html
-Dance Magazine's piece on Cultivating Better Tomorrows: https://www.dancemagazine.com/antiracism-training-in-dance-2651197914.html
-Cultivating Better Tomorrows' website and Instagram page:
https://cultivatingbettertomorrows.org/
https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingbettertomorrows/
-Forbes story on why STEM fields need artists: https://www.forbes.com/sites/benjaminwolff/2021/04/06/the-arts-and-humanities-deliver-untapped-value-for-the-future-of-work/?sh=1e8dc48b3914
-Dance Magazine piece on "robot choreographer" Catie Cuan: https://www.dancemagazine.com/catie-cuan-robots-2648562861.html
-Pointe piece on what dancers have learned about performing for the camera: https://www.pointemagazine.com/dancing-for-film-coronavirus-2652505458.html
-Dance Magazine piece on the "film now, perform onstage later" approach: https://www.dancemagazine.com/dance-performances-online-2651337537.html
-Martha Ullman West's essay on watching filmed dance: https://www.orartswatch.org/the-year-of-living-cautiously-pt-2/
-Works & Process website and Instagram page:
http://worksandprocess.com/
https://www.instagram.com/worksandprocess/
-"Isolation to Creation" docuseries: https://allarts.org/programs/isolation-to-creation/
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