vdevivienda

vdevivienda (2007). Tags: artivism, activism, activismo. Credits: leodecerca

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2007

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leodecerca

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50:37

S1E1 Critical Yoga Studies! An interview with Dr. Roopa Bala Singh

Dr. Roopa is a social scientist in Critical Yoga Studies, a transnational American Studies project. She also teaches, researches, and writes on yoga, the body, racial constructions, and circulations of imperial power. She grew up between India and the U.S., immersed in yoga practice. Later, as a yoga instructor and collective owner of a busy Brooklyn yoga studio, began to wonder: Is yoga more American than I am? Later on, she began researching how the commodification of yoga and how cultural appropriation in general results in racial harms.

2021

32:09

S1E4 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 like to be "aged out" of a career before feeling ready. Do we ever feel ready to sit on the sidelines once we've built a life onstage, in performance? Luckily for the Studio Company and Trainees at the Joffrey, Raymond uses his experience to educate, inspire, and prepare young dancers and choreographers to advocate for themselves and mature in ways that weren't thought important in previous generations of dance training. Knowing full well the psychological and emotional toll of a life in the studio at the whim of choreographers and directors, Raymond is ensuring that his students have the knowledge and support to weather the storms as they come.

2019

30:00

S1E3 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 that allows the performer to be powerful, vulnerable, beautiful, and grotesque within the same piece. How does she tackle her fear, and how does she find her strength to perform such politically charged work in today's political climate? Listen to find out...

2019

25:21

S1E2 Worth pt 2

The second half of a conversation with Christopher Roman. Is it OK to have fear, as a performer, when choosing to push back against the paradigm? Christopher discusses this, describes some politically-charged works by lesser-known choregraphers, and offers suggestions to mobilize as a community, to create work that challenges the "system" as well as the audience to effect change.

2019