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In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the studio with Tucson, Arizona-based Angelina Ramirez and Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Carlos Menchaca, two artists exploring and expanding the conventions of Flamenco dance. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the “studio” with Aparna, Ranee, and Ashwini Ramaswamy of Ragamala Dance Company. Together, they reflect on Bharatanatyam lineage, artistic rigor, and the layered practice of making work rooted in South Indian traditions and alive to contemporary life. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the ‘studio’ with San Francisco California based dance artist Yayoi Kambara, director of KAMBARA+. KAMBARA+ cultivates belonging through multidisciplinary performances that honor the authentic voice of the body. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the ‘studio’ with New York City-based, Israeli-born dance artist Netta Yerushalmy. Her research-driven work spans genres and disciplines and aims to challenge how meaning is attributed and constructed. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the ‘studio’ with Boston Massachusetts-based Jean Appolon Founder of Jean Appolon Expressions. Appolon’s work blends Haitian folkloric and contemporary dance styles to educate audiences about Haitian culture, traditions, history, and current issues. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the ‘studio’ with Philadelphia Pennsylvania based interdisciplinary tap dance artist and scholar Michael J. Love. His embodied research intermixes Black, queer feminist theories and aesthetics with rigorous practice to critically engage Black cultural pasts and “rhythm dream” futurity. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the ‘studio’ with San Francisco California based choreographer and dancer Sean Dorsey. Dorsey creates powerful explorations of human experience through full-throttle dance, intimate storytelling, and trans-positive pedagogy. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the ‘studio’ with Columbus Ohio based Ryan K. Johnson an artist-scholar dedicated to African Diasporic Percussive Dance, Johnson employs immersive sound and media technologies to archive Black American histories through performance. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the ‘studio’ with Columbus, Ohio-based choreographer and founding artistic director of dance theatre X, Charles O. Anderson. Known for his rigorous kinetic storytelling and commitment to dance as a tool for social justice, his work explores Black identity, resistance, and radical imagination. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the ‘studio’ with ANANYA CHATTERJEA Artistic Director, Choreographer and Dancer with Ananya Dance Theatre. An ensemble of transnational feminist professional dance artists who create original contemporary dance theater inspired by the lives and dreams of BIPOC women and femmes around the globe. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the ‘studio’ with New York based Amanda Castro, Arielle Rosales, and Brinda Guha of Soles of Duende, a multicultural, all-female trio based in the rhythms of Tap, Flamenco & Kathak dance. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the 'studio' with voices representing a span of 3 different generations. Dianne McIntyre, based in Cleveland, Ohio; Donald Byrd and Nia-Amina Minor, based in Seattle, Washington; and Donna Uchizono, Tiffany Rea-Fisher, and Kristel Baldoz, based in New York City. Merry Petroski, Project Manager of the Creative Aging Institute at the Akron Art Museum, also joins the conversation. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the 'studio' with West Hollywood, California-based choreographer, writer, director, filmmaker, and performer David Roussève. A Guggenheim Fellow and Bessie Award winner, Roussève has toured extensively domestically and internationally with his dance/theater company REALITY. Roussève is a Distinguished Professor of Choreography in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA and, at the time of this recording, was developing his first full-length evening solo performance in over 20 years. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the 'studio' with artists who integrate technology in their work and who participated as a Dancing Lab cohort researching immersive spaces for dance. Valley Cottage, New York-based Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Raphael Xavier, and Miami, Florida-based Hanna Ali all join the conversation with technical collaborators. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the 'studio' with Atlanta, Georgia-based George Staib, choreographer and artistic director of staibdance. Dance Teacher Magazine has recognized Staib as one of the “top five” dance educators in the US, and he has been commissioned as a teacher and choreographer for over 25 institutions. He is currently on the dance faculty at Emory University. EPISODE CREDITS: Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres Cover art by Micah Kraus Transcription by Arushi Singh LINKS: Join NCCAkron mailing list - nccakron.org/engage Follow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakron Follow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron