CGDC Podcast Channel
Welcome to the Canadian Guild of Stage Directors and Choreographers podcast channel! These podcasts feature industry leaders with insight about the theatre creation process, shared with you in the hopes of enriching our community. CGDC is a National Arts Service Organization advocating for the rights, interests, and protections of stage directors and choreographers along with their assistants and associates. Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts for their support in this program.
Episodes
12 episodes
Mary Francis Moore - Demystifying Being An Artistic Director
This episode is a snippet from CGDC’s Assistant and Associate Program series. Today, we demystify ‘Being an Artistic Director’ with iconic director, Mary Francis Moore.Mary Francis Moore is an award-winning director, dramaturg, an...
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Marc Kimelman - Demystifying Being a Choreographer
This episode is a snippet from CGDC’s Assistant and Associate Program series. Today, we demystify ‘Being a Choreographer’ with acclaimed international choreographer, Marc Kimelman Marc Kimelman is a Toronto-born choreographer...
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Tracey Flye - Demystifying Being a Director - Day 1 to Opening Night
This episode is a snippet from CGDC’s Assistant and Associate Program series. Today, we demystify ‘Being a Director’ from day one of rehearsal through opening night, with legendary director/choreographer, Tracey FlyeTracey Flye is...
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Dayna Tekatch - Demystifying Being a Resident Director
This episode is a snippet from CGDC’s Assistant and Associate Program series. Today, we demystify ‘Being a Resident Director’ with renowned director/choreographer, Dayna Tekatch. Dayna Tekatch is a Canadian director, choreogr...
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Debbie Patterson - Ableism In Theatre: An Open Conversation
Debbie Patterson is our final guest speaker of the season! What better way to close the series than with this invigorating lecture where Debbie reminds us that by bringing disability into our practice, we open our practice to endless possibilit...
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43:07
Stephanie Graham - Developing, Producing, and Pitching Your Own Work
Stephanie Graham is a director, choreographer and producer. She encourages us all to sit in that producer seat at least once, so let’s dive in and learn how! This season, T+T Productions has collaborated with the Canadian Guild of Stage Directo...
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37:40
Katie German - Maintaining a Work/Life Balance
A work/life balance, how do we sustain such a thing in this fast paced industry? Katie German is here to remind us that it's always in flux and as individual as we are. This season, T+T Productions has collaborated with the Canadian Guild of St...
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47:08
Stafford Arima - Being an Artistic Director
Stafford Arima is the artistic director of Theatre Calgary in Alberta Canada, a title he wasn't necessarily seeking, but, when the opportunity came his way, Stafford took his own words to heart; 'if a door opens, one should at least peek in...
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Julie Tomaino - Being a Director/Choreographer
Taking on both roles of director and choreographer, how do you do it? Julie Tomaino is here to give us all the details! T+T Productions has collaborated with the Canadian Guild of Stage Directors and Choreographers (CGDC) to bring you a season ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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49:08
Tracey Flye - Being a Director
Tracey Flye is our next expert speaker in this series! T+T Productions has collaborated with the Canadian Guild of Stage Directors and Choreographers (CGDC) to bring you a season centred around assistants and associates directors and choreograp...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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55:18
Steve Cota - Breaking it down, what is an assistant and associate?
We're back with season 5 of Tits and Teeth, now produced under T+T Productions! This season we have collaborated with the Canadian Guild of Stage Directors and Choreographers (CGDC) to bring you a series of discussions centred around assistant ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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41:27
Tracey Flye - CGDC and the Ultimate Director/Choreographer
Well well well, look who’s back in your feed! Tits and Teeth, hosted by yours truly, Jen Thiessen and Kyla Musselman, is back with more interviews with some of theatre’s best artists working in Canada, on Broadway and around the world. So let’s...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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