Terpsichore

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Named after the Greek goddess of dance and chorus and also an allusion to historian Sally Banes’ seminal book on postmodern dance “Terpsichore in Sneakers,” Terpsichore is podcast celebrating female dancers, choreographers, and bodies in motion. Curated, and hosted by dance critic and writer Emily May, Terpsichore interviews leading women from the dance industry about their lives, careers, and the artists that have inspired them.

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Episode 23: Simone Damberg Würtz

Apr 16 2024 53 mins

Born in Denmark and trained at the Royal Danish Ballet School, Simone Damberg Würtz danced with the Ballet Ensemble of Theatre Ulm and Peter Schaufuss Balletten before joining the renowned London-based contemporary dance company Rambert in 2013. Since joining Rambert, she’s worked with countless choreographers, and has particularly enjoyed working with the likes of Kim Brandstru

Epiosde 22: Aditi Mangaldas

Mar 15 2024 50 mins

Based in Dehli, India, Aditi Mangaldas is a leading dancer and choreographer in the classical Indian dance form of Kathak. Having trained extensively under the styles leading gurus, Aditi is recognised for her artistry, technique, eloquence and characteristic energy that marks every performance. Considered a maverick in India, she has consistently broken new ground as choreographer

Episode 21: Andrea Miller

Nov 23 2023 59 mins

Andrea Miller is a US-based choreographer, creative director, and the founder of the internationally renowned multidisciplinary organisation GALLIM. Working across dance, film, fashion, and the visual arts, Andrea is known for her exploration of the essential elements of human behaviour and the alchemy of human expression through the medium of movement and performance.Andrea is a G

Episode 20: Shobana Jeyasingh CBE

Aug 11 2023 38 mins

Shobana Jeyasingh CBE is a London-based choreographer. Born in Chennai, India, Shobana trained in Bharata Natyam (the classical dance of Tamil Nadu) and read English Literature before founding her eponymous company in 1989. Since then, she has created over 60 critically acclaimed works for stage, screen, and out and indoor sites, ranging from Palladian monasteries in Venice to cont

Episode 19: Florence Peake

Jun 29 2023 45 mins

Florence Peake is a London-based artist who has been making solo and group performance works intertwined with an extensive visual art practice since 1995. Presenting work internationally and across the UK in galleries, theatres and the public realm, she is known for an approach which is at once sensual and witty, expressive and rigorous, political and intimate. Florence explores no

Episode 18: Dollie Henry MBE

May 22 2023 57 mins

Dollie Henry MBE is recognised as one of the most formidable exponents of artistic and creative jazz dance and theatre dance in the UK and globally. Over the past 40 years, she has led a respected career as a performer, choreographer, theatre director, creative jazz artist, working on diverse projects in the West End, film, and TV, as well as in concert dance, jazz theatre, cabaret

Episode 17: Katrín Hall

May 10 2023 47 mins

Katrín Hall is an Icelandic choreographer and artistic director. She started dancing at a young age with Iceland Dance Company, before moving to Germany to tour internationally with the legendary Cologne-based company Tanzforum. In 1996, Katrín returned to Iceland Dance Company to take up the position of Artistic Director. In this role, she placed a strong emphasis on collaborati

Episode 16: Siobhan Davies

Apr 13 2023 52 mins

Siobhan Davies is a contemporary dance pioneer who has witnessed and contributed to the development of the British dance scene over the past 50 years. Having originally studied visual arts, Siobhan discovered contemporary dance in 1967, when she began to take classes with the Contemporary Dance Group, which later became London Contemporary Dance Theatre. In 1969, she started perfor

Episode 15: Joy Alpuerto Ritter

Mar 21 2023 46 mins

While growing up in Freiburg in South Germany, Joy Alpuerto Ritter started dancing at the Ballettschule Armin Krain, and learned Philippine Folk Dance in the cultural dance group led by her mother. After training at the Palucca School in Dresden, she started working as a freelance dancer in Berlin—her current base—and learnt urban dance styles such as hip hop and voguing. In 20

Episode 14: Ceyda Tanc

Mar 08 2023 35 mins

Ceyda Tanc is Brighton, UK-based choreographer. After studying dance at the University of Roehampton, she spent four months at The State Turkish Conservatoire for Music and Folk Dance in Izmir to train in Zeybek and Denizli, the styles of her heritage. On her return to the UK, Ceyda founded her eponymous company, and started to create a body of contemporary dance work with influenc