November 18, 2021
The Broadway "Chicago" revival's 25th anniversary prompts a consideration of the show's dance legacy. A club in Glasgow is about to implement technology that will turn dancers' body heat into renewable energy. What makes a "good" dance costume? Depends on
November 18, 2021
Margaret Fuhrer:Hi, dance friends, and welcome to The Dance Edit Podcast. I’m Margaret Fuhrer. Lydia Murray:And I’m Lydia Murray. Margaret Fuhrer:We are editors at Dance Media. This week we will talk about the 25th anniversary of the Broadway revival of Chicago, and the role that show has played in both shaping the way musical theater […]
November 13, 2021
Margaret Fuhrer:Hey there, everybody. I’m Margaret Fuhrer, the editor and producer of The Dance Edit newsletter and podcast. Welcome to The Dance Edit Extra! This episode features another “So You Think You Can Dance” all-star—we’re on a bit of a “So You Think You Can Dance” streak, here, after Comfort Fedoke last time. Our guest […]
November 11, 2021
How can we create healthy working environments for dancers, a task the pandemic has further complicated? Dance's problem with body hair reflects its strict policing of bodies. The young members of Indigenous Enterprise are updating what a Native American
November 11, 2021
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 on the docket this week, we have a look at how to create healthy workplace environments in the dance world, which is a complicated issue that COVID has […]
November 4, 2021
Dance journalism is no longer a viable full-time profession for most writers, and yet there's reason for optimism. The pandemic has accelerated the decline of the "traditional" dance company model. "Dancing with the Stars" is many things—is good art one o
November 4, 2021
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:We are editors at Dance Media, and we have some good stuff in today’s episode. First we’re going to talk about the reality of dance journalism today, because it’s a field in which paid opportunities […]
October 30, 2021
Margaret Fuhrer:Hey everyone. I’m Margaret Fuhrer, the editor and producer of The Dance Edit newsletter and podcast. Welcome to the fifth episode of The Dance Edit Extra! This is a great episode because it explores a part of the dance universe that we frankly have not featured enough in The Dance Edit, and that is […]
October 28, 2021
As they return following COVID shutdowns, several long-running Broadway shows are reconsidering their depictions of race. Burlesque is becoming a feminist, body-positive outlet for some concert-dance performers. In K-pop, music and dance have a uniquely s
October 28, 2021
Margaret Fuhrer:Hi dance friends, and welcome to The Dance Edit Podcast. I’m Margaret Fuhrer. Lydia Murray:And I’m Lydia Murray. Margaret Fuhrer:We are editors at Dance Media. And today we are first going to talk about how several long-running Broadway shows, as they return following their COVID shutdowns, are rethinking and restaging their depictions of race. […]