The Dance Edit

Eligibility for this year's (digital) Tony Awards is uniquely complicated. The Mariinsky Ballet's COVID outbreak causes concern. Indigenous contemporary dance company Dancing Earth is making space for Native artists. Kahina Haynes, executive director of The Dance Institute of Washington, leaves a message for the dance community.

Show Notes

Links referenced in/relevant to this episode:
-Dance Studies Association's call-to-anti-racist-action: https://dancestudiesassociation.org/news/2020/departmental-call-to-anti-racist-action
-Jennifer Garner's duet with Tiler Peck: https://www.instagram.com/p/CEKTlfNDiF_/
-A look at the uncertainties around this year's Tony Awards: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/nine-burning-questions-about-the-2020-tony-awards-082520
-Inside the Mariinsky Ballet's COVID muddle: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/arts/dance/mariinsky-ballet-coronavirus-outbreak.html
-High Country News' interview with Dancing Earth founder Rulan Tangen: https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-finding-indigenous-futurism-through-dance
-Dancing Earth's events and online offerings: https://dancingearth.org/events?view=calendar&month=09-2020
-The Dance Institute of Washington's site: https://www.danceinstituteofwashington.org/
-Op-ed by DIW's William Keiser, "Widening the Frame": https://www.danceinstituteofwashington.org/op-ed-widening-the-frame
-DIW's short film, "Feeling Good": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATPD9CAJ-Zs&t=9s

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.