BodyPolitic
The conversation begins at the intersection of performing art and political activism: performing artists discuss topics ranging from body autonomy (or lack thereof) and commodification to the consequences of performing politcal art and how we create it, and how, in this time of divisiveness, we can mobilize as individuals, audiences, and a cooperative enterprise to effect change.
Episodes
6 episodes
Criticism as Currency - Kara Tatelbaum and "Putting My Heels Down"
Welcome back to BodyPolitic! First Episode since the Before Times, Season 2, episode 1, brings you dancer, choreographer, author and delightful human Kara Tatelbaum. We discuss Kara's new book, Putting My Heels Down, criticism as currency in da...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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54:10
On Reproductive Rights and Subverting the 1%, Pt. 1
Anonymous "Doc" from Denver, CO, is a Family Medicine practitioner who lists termination of pregnancy as one of the services he provides and has been providing for the past 25-plus years. In addition to earning his MD, he also has a degree in P...
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30:16
No one puts Baby in the corner: Raymond Rodriguez
Raymond Rodriguez, former principal dancer with the Cleveland/San Jose Ballet (and also Assistant Artistic Director and Managing Director), current Head of Studio Company and Trainee Program at the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, describes what it's...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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32:09
Cojones - Ashley McQueen
Fear is a big topic to tackle, and one that comes up a LOT in discussions with performing artists and artmakers. Ashley McQueen is the poster child for Political Artivism - she creates tremendous, disruptive, socially conscious, subversive work...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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30:00