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Tamara Rojo, Injury Culture, and Britney’s Dancing

Tamara Rojo will be San Francisco Ballet's first female artistic director, and her new "Raymonda" embodies her vision as a leader. It's time to stop asking dancers to push through injury. Before, during, and now after the conservatorship that controlled h

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Transcript, Episode 98: Tamara Rojo, Injury Culture, and Britney’s Dancing

Margaret Fuhrer:Hi, dance friends, and welcome to The Dance Edit Podcast. I’m Margaret Fuhrer. Amy Brandt:And I’m Amy Brandt. Margaret Fuhrer:We are editors at Dance Media, and we have a ton to talk about in this week’s episode. First, there’s the news that Tamara Rojo will be San Francisco Ballet’s next artistic director, which is […]

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Omicron Dilemmas, Heroic Understudies, and Play in the Studio

In the "show must go on" Broadway world, will it take temporary closures to survive the Omicron surge? As the pandemic thins the ranks of performers, understudies and swings are becoming increasingly vital. Play time can be a valuable part of the creative

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Transcript, Episode 97: Omicron Dilemmas, Heroic Understudies, and Play in the Studio

Margaret Fuhrer:Hi, dance friends, and welcome to The Dance Edit Podcast. I’m Margaret Fuhrer. Courtney Escoyne:And I’m Courtney Escoyne. Margaret Fuhrer:Courtney coming to us sans microphone today, since her travel plans were disrupted by COVID—along with what feels like most of the country’s. Courtney Escoyne:Yep. [laughter] Margaret Fuhrer:We are editors at Dance Media, recording together […]

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The Best of 2021, Part 2

Happy (almost) new year, dance friends. In this special episode—the second part of our "best of 2021" retrospective—we revisit four more of our favorite interview moments from the past year.

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Transcript, Episode 96: The Best of 2021, Part 2

Hi, dance friends, and welcome to another special holiday episode of The Dance Edit Podcast. I’m Margaret Fuhrer, and I’m here on my own again today for this final episode of 2021—the last one! Without my co-hosts around this week, rather than doing the usual news round table discussion, we’ve got part two of our […]

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The Best of 2021, Part 1

Happy holidays, dance friends. In this special episode, we revisit four of our favorite interview moments from the past year. Next week, we'll have the second part of our 2021 retrospective.

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