Brexit is creating problems for dance organizations already struggling due to COVID. The pandemic has taken so much from the dance world, but it has also changed us for the better. The hosts reflect on one year of podcast-making. Choreographer, teacher, curator, and arts administrator Brinda Guha joins to talk about the artist's role in activism.
Show Notes
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-53
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 53:
-Texas Ballet Theater relief fund: https://texasballettheater.networkforgood.com/projects/38954-art-access-education
-Protest letter by the dancers of Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater: https://www.der-theaterverlag.de/tanz/archiv/artikel/dismissed/
-Cultural Solidarity Fund micro-grant information and application: https://www.culturalsolidarityfund.org/
-Dance/NYC Symposium information and registration: https://www.dance.nyc/programs/dancenyc-events/dancesymp/overview
-Guardian piece on Brexit's impact on professional dance in the UK: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/feb/24/uk-stage-companies-brexit-europe
-The Stage story on Brexit and dance education: https://www.thestage.co.uk/advice/what-does-the-future-of-dance-training-look-like-post-brexit
-Dance Magazine piece on COVID's dance-world silver linings: https://www.dancemagazine.com/covid-and-dance-2650600802.html
-Brinda Guha's Dancegeist essay and call to action: https://www.dancegeist.com/transparency-moment
-Guha's Instagram accounts:
https://www.instagram.com/brindaguha/
https://www.instagram.com/kalamandirdance/
https://www.instagram.com/solesofduende/
https://www.instagram.com/wisefruitnyc/
What is The Dance Edit?
A weekly podcast, hosted by editors from Dance Media, that breaks down the dance world's news and talks with with the artists who are shaping the headlines.