HIDDEN FACE OF DANCE

By: Leah Meirinhos
  • Summary

  • The “Hidden face of Dance” is a podcast that sheds light on the financial part and the “struggling side” of the dancer/ artist in the world. In each episode you will meet different humans talking about their experiences as a performer, teacher, student or freelancer : how can they financially support themselves, what made them start, what is the most challenging part of their career, what drives them to continue moving and which advice can they give to you?
    For any questions, feedback or suggestions send me a message at:
    leah@leahmeirinhos.com or: insta: @balboca___

    Keep Dancing! 👋

    © 2024 HIDDEN FACE OF DANCE
    Show more Show less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2
Episodes
  • #06 - Melina Koulia 🎠
    Oct 9 2024

    ⭐️ Melina Koulia is a dance and visual artist, from Greece. Fascinated by the power of human imagination, she is expressing herself through movement improvisation, drawing and designing. She has diversified her artistic approach to discover new ways to look at the world and create.

    She holds a bachelor degree from Faculty of Applied Arts and Visual Communication. Part of her formation took place at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto. She also studied dance between Greece and Portugal.
    Currently, she is curating dance workshop and open stage improvisation events in her city, Athens. She is also making work independently as a freelancer performer and visual artist, involved in different artistic projects internationally.

    Connect with Melina:
    IG: @melina.koulia
    @athens_intensive
    @somatica.athens

    📚A book she recommends you to read: "The Resistance '' -by Ernesto R. Sábato- .

    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 13 mins
  • #05 - Chiara Corbetta 🦎
    Dec 3 2023

    ⭐️ Chiara Corbetta is currently based in Paris and works as a dancer, performer and co-creator with the companies of Sarah Balzinger, Thibaut Eiferman, Christian et François Ben Aim
    Ben Aim, and e Bok o Bok for their new creations.
    Ella recently played the lead role in an Orange commercial directed by Sebastian Edwards and choreographed by Lenka Vagnerova, and in the music video Troll by the band SKALD directed by Sylvie Bessou.
    She is a teacher of Body Expression at the Laboratoire de l'Acteur (a pro Acting School), where she is also part of the theater course.

    She is a certified Yin and Vyniasa yoga.
    She began dancing at a young age, joining the National Ballet Academy of
    Rome in 2010, she completed her studies in London in 2016 with a BA Honoursin Dance at Kingston University.

    She began working as a freelance dancer and performer for Rosie Kay Dance Company , Levantes Dance Theatre, David Massingham, Joumana Mourad and Jason Piper.
    She then moved to Kaunas, Lithuania, where she joined the Aura Dance Theatre Company for two years under the direction of Birute Letukaite, where she performs internationally
    and collaborates with guest choreographers such as Gil Kerer, Yoshiko Waki (Bodytalk), Bea Debrabant and Vangelis Legakis.


    Show more Show less
    1 hr and 9 mins
  • #04 - Felipe Fizkal 🎉
    May 29 2023

    ⭐️ Felipe Fizkal holds a Bachelor of Arts with a mention in dance from the University of Chile.

    He is the director of various interdisciplinary projects from 2010 to date, noted productions include "Redimir" 2015, “Extinction" 2017, and "The Hunger Warriors" 2018, among many others.

    In 2018 he finished his professional training in Art Factory International Bologna, Italy.

    Later in 2018 he began working as a freelance dancer in Germany, where he has worked with various directors such as Kenan Dinkelmann, Golde Grunske, Lina Gomez, Sasa Queliz, Animi Motus, Lily Pohlmann and Babak Rahmed.

    Currently he is returning to his path as a choreographer. Felipe is preparing to study in the next cohort of the Master of Choreography Program of HZT Berlin from 2022-2024.


    👉 felipefizkal.com

    👉 IG:@felipefizkal


    📚Book he recommends to read: Anatomy of Movement by Blandine Calais-Germain

    Animal Totem: Martín pescador 🦜


    Show more Show less
    58 mins

What listeners say about HIDDEN FACE OF DANCE

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.