EPISODE 8: Lenora Lee & Olivia Ting

08/25/22 • 21 min

Lenora Lee, artistic director of Lenora Lee Dance and Olivia Ting, multimedia graphic designer, had been collaborative partners for quite some time, and are currently working on their newest premiere "In The Movement" which will run for nearly two weeks at the beginning of September at ODC theater. Chris spoke with them about the experience of taking dance and creating an immersive environment, the importance of honoring the history of the people and the sites they choreograph and create on, and what they hope to accomplish when translating dance into film.
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This episode was recorded on the ancestral lands of the Yelamu, part of the unceded territory of the Ramaytush Ohlone people. Learn more at https://native-land.ca/

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Episode 7: Nadia Adame

Nadia Adame is a Spanish multidisciplinary award-winning artist with a spinal cord injury and the current artistic director of AXIS Dance Company. She studied Ballet & Flamenco at the Royal Dance Conservatory of Madrid and has a BA in Theatre from the University of Colorado. She was a company member with AXIS (2001-2003) and Candoco Dance Company (2007-2008). In 2004, she co-founded and was the Co-Artistic Director of Compañía Y in Spain, a multimedia and performance collective. Nadia’s credits include dance, theatre, commercial, and independent film projects in the UK, Spain, US, and Canada.
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This episode was recorded on the ancestral lands of the Yelamu, part of the unceded territory of the Ramaytush Ohlone people. Learn more at https://native-land.ca/

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Episode 9: Bridget Murnane (director of Bella)

Bella Lewitzky was a modern-dance pioneer and an outspoken politically active champion of artistic freedom. The theatrical premiere of the documentary Bella, about Lewinsky’s life, work, and activism will take place at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival this fall with director Bridget Murnane in attendance. Clare had the opportunity to speak with Bridget about her close connection with Bella throughout her life as well as the questions she hopes the audience will ask themselves when they see the film.
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This episode was recorded on the territory of xučyun (Huichin), the original land of the Chochenyo speaking Ohlone people. Learn more at https://native-land.ca/