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ICONS INSPIRE - ARCHIVES
ICONS INSPIRE is a monthly digital portrait and one-on-one interview with a groundbreaking choreographer. Get the insider point of view on an important dancemaker creative process, background and training to inspire, provoke and challenge your intellectual repertoire.
Interviews previously featured by ICONS INSPIRE include:
WAYNE MCGREGOR (UK): CREATING A NEW RESIDANCE
MARCOS MORAU (SPAIN): SURREAL SYNCHRONICITY
SASHA WALZ (GERMANY): "C" AS IN CONNECTION AND COLLECTIVE
GEMMA BOND (US/UK): BOUNDLESS GEM
WILLI DORNER (AUSTRIA): BODY TRIALS
ALICE TOPP (AUSTRALIA): CREATION AS A CONVERSATION
CLEO PARKER ROBINSON (USA): THE BLESSING OF CREATING
LAURENT LOVETTE (USA): MOVEMENTS OF THE MIND
BORIS SHARMATZ (FRANCE): THE FREE-DOM OF ART AND THE SELF
MOURAD MERZOUKI (FRANCE/ALGERIA): DANCE AS SINGULARITY
NACHO DUATO (SPAIN): THE WANTING OF MOVEMENT
CLAUDIA SCHRIERE (USA): SHAPESHIFTING
YIN YUE (CHINA/USA): FORCE OF NATURE
JOHAN INGER (SWEDEN): DANCING IMPASSE AS INSPIRATION
DADA MASILO (SOUTH AFRICA): DANCING UNDER THE HEARTSTRINGS
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT (FRANCE): IN THE MOMENT OF MOVEMENT
MARK MORRIS (USA): DANCE THE MUSIC, MUSIC THE DANCE
CHRIS HARING (AUSTRIA): CHOREOGRAPHING TRANS-HUMANISM
HELEN PICKETT (USA): DANCING INTO THE LIMINAL SPACE
JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR (USA): UNEARTHING JEWELS AND STORIES
TERO SAARINEN (FINLAND): THE HUNT FOR MOVEMENT
ANDERA MILLER (US): THE SPACE OF THE COLLECTIVE
CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON (UK): RHYMES AND REASONS
ALEXANDER EKMAN (SWEDEN): SERIOUS FUN
ALAN LUCIEN ØEYEN (NORWAY): THE `WE` OF `I`
YVONNE RAINER (USA): REIMAGINING DANCE WITH PARTS UNKNOWN
AKRAM KHAN (UK/BANGLADESH): DANCING CREATURE
EMILY MOLNAR (CANADA): THE CATCH OF HERE AND NOW
CATHY MARSTON (UK): DANCING STORIES, DANCING SOULS
JENNIFER ARCHIBALD (USA): THE CHOREOGRAPHER AS DANCE ALCHEMIST
LUCINDA CHILDS (USA): THE DAY OF DANCING MEMORIES
SEPTIME WEBRE (USA/CHINA): FROM CHAOS IDEALIZED TO BALLET STORYTELLING
NEIL IEREMIA (NEW ZEALAND): THE GRACE OF RESILIENCE
YABIN WANG (CHINA): DRAWING PICTURES IN MOTION
SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI (BELGIUM): ART AS A CREATIVE PARADOX
NANINE LINNING (NETHERLANDS/GERMANY): DANCING ON THE EDGE OF DARKNESS AND LIGHT
PONTUS LIDBERG (SWEDEN): INTIMATE ACTS OF IMAGINATION
EIKO OTAKE (JAPAN/USA): MOTION IN STILLNESS, STILLNESS IN MOTION
ASZURE BARTON (CANADA): REBELLIOUS GRACE
RAFAEL BONACHELA (AUSTRALIA/SPAIN): DANCING DOWN AND UNDER
MICHELLE DORRANCE (USA): TAPPING INTO A RHYTHMIC PLAYGROUND
MOLISSA FENLEY (USA): ARCHAEOLOGY IN REVERSE
RAMI BE'ER (ISRAEL): A DESTINY TO CHOREOGRAPH
CAMILLE A. BROWN (USA): DANCING INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE
PAUL LIGHTFOOT AND SOL LEON (UK/SPAIN/NETHERLANDS): ALL ABOUT NON-CONFORMITY
YUAN YUAN WANG (CHINA): PASSION IN CHINA
YURI GRIGOROVICH (RUSSIA): A LIVING RUSSIAN MONUMENT
CHRISTIAN SPUCK (GERMANY): EUROPE'S BEST KEPT SECRET
PILOBOLUS (USA): BEYOND THE LIMITS
KYLE ABRAHAM (USA): MOTON DRIVE
JOANNA MENDL SHAW (USA): DANCING WITH HORSES
WANG/RAMIREZ (FRANCE-SPAIN-KOREA): BLENDING DANCE STYLES AND CULTURES
HANS VAN MANEN (NETHERLANDS): THE DUTCH MASTER
AMELIA RUDOLPH (USA): VERTICAL CHOREOGRAPHY
DAVID DAWSON (UK): CITIZEN NOWHERE
STEPHEN PETRONIO (USA): CHASING AND CATCHING
TATIANA BAGANOVA (RUSSIA): THE QUIET REVOLUTION OF NEW DANCE IN RUSSIA
OSNEL DELGADO (CUBA): TRANSFORMING AN ISLAND INTO A HARBOR
DEBBIE ALLEN (USA): INSIDE THE FRAME
DEBORAH COLKER (BRAZIL): THE OLYMPIAN CHOREOGRAPHER OF BRAZIL
RENANA RAZ (ISRAEL): DANCING AS A GIFT OF LIFE AND JOURNEY OF REVELATION
JIRI BUBENICEK (CZECH REPUBLIC): BROTHERLY LOVE AND CHOREOGRAPHY
ANNABELE LOPEZ OCHOA (COLOMBIA/BELGIUM): NAVIGATING TWO CULTURES & BREAKING INTO BALLET CHOREOGRAPHY
RENNIE HARRIS (USA): CHOREOGRAPHY, STREET DANCE AND TAKING ADVICE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT
LIZ LERMAN (USA): CHOREOGRAPHIC TOOLS, INSPIRATION, AND NARRATIVE
HUANG YI (TAIWAN): CHOREOGRAPHING FOR ROBOTS AND OTHER INANIMATE OBJECTS