Talking Sh*t With Tara Cheyenne
Arts:Performing Arts
Instagram: @TaraCheyenneTCP / FB: https://www.facebook.com/taracheyenneperformance
Podcast produced, edited and music by Marc Stewart Music
Links:
https://www.emmalenafredriksson.com/
https://www.taracheyenne.com/ecdysis-by-emmalena
About Emmalena:
Emmalena Fredriksson is a contemporary dance artist living and working in Vancouver, Canada, as a guest on the ancestral unceded lands of the Coast Salish peoples.
Her practice is defined by choreography as a relational practice in the expanded fields of dance, often collaborating with artists of other disciplines, creating choreographic experiences and dance for social events, film, galleries and performance.
Born in Sweden, she received her training at Balettakademien in Umeå and at SEAD in Austria. Emmalena has presented choreographic work, performed and taught internationally with Daghdha Dance Company (IE), Canaldanse (FR), Malta University (MT), Pact Zollverein (DE), and Falmouth University (UK) among others.
Based in Vancouver since 2013 her work has been presented in Dancing on the Edge,
The Dance Centre's Discover Dance Series, Dance in Vancouver's Choreography Walk (curated by Justine A. Chambers), Dance Days (Victoria) and at the Audain Gallery. Commissioned by the National Film Board, she co-created Tidal Traces - a VR 360 dance film together with Nancy Lee in 2017. The film has to date had over 35 international screenings.
Emmalena holds an MFA degree from Simon Fraser University and she regularly teaches at Modus Operandi, Training Society of Vancouver, Harbour Dance Centre and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
About Tara:
Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, is an award winning creator, performer, choreographer, director, writer, and artistic director of Tara Cheyenne Performance, working across disciplines in film, dance, theatre, and experimental performance. She is renowned as a trailblazer in interdisciplinary performance and as a mighty performer "who defies categorization on any level". Along with her own creations Tara has collaborated with many theatre companies and artists including; Zee Zee Theatre, Bard on the Beach, ItsaZoo Theatre, The Arts Club, Boca De Lupo, Ruby Slippers, The Firehall Arts Centre, Vertigo Theatre (Calgary).
With a string of celebrated solo shows to her credit (including bANGER, Goggles, Porno Death Cult, I can’t remember the word for I can’t remember, Body Parts, Pants), multidisciplinary collaborations, commissions and boundary bending ensemble creations Tara's work is celebrated both nationally and internationally. Tara is known for her unique and dynamic hybrid of dance, comedy and theatre. She is sought after for creating innovative movement for theatre and has performed her full length solos and ensemble works around the world (highlights: DanceBase/Edinburgh, South Bank Centre/London, On the Boards/Seattle USA, High Performance Rodeo/Calgary etc.). Recent works include a collaboration with Italian dance/performance artist Silvia Gribaudi, empty.swimming.pool, (Castiglioncello, Bassano, Victoria and Vancouver), ensemble creation, how to be, which premiered at The Cultch, and her solo I can’t remember the word for I can’t remember, toured widely, and her newest solo Body Parts has been made into a stunning film which is currently touring virtually. Tara lives on the unceded Coast Salish territories with her partner composer Marc Stewart and their child.
Episode 50! Interview with Justine A. Chambers and Kate Franklin (Dance Artists, Choreographers, Educators)
Episode 49 - Interview with Starr Muranko (Dance Artist / Choreographer & Co-Artistic Director with Raven Spirit Dance)
Episode 48 - Interview With Sophia Wolfe (Dance Artist / Film & Video Artist)
Episode 47 - Interview With Kate Franklin (Dance Artist / Educator) and Caron Adderley (Coach / Fitness & Nutrition Expert)
Episode 46 - Interview With Fay Nass (community-engaged director, writer, dramaturg, innovator, producer, AD/ED, and educator)
Episode 45 - Interview With Natalie Tin Yin Gan and Ashley Whitehead (Creators / Performers)
Episode 44 - Interview With Sara Vickruck (Actor-Singer-Songwriter-Musician-Sound Designer)
Episode 43 - Interview With Mary-Louise Albert (Dance Artist, Artistic & Executive Director/Producer, Teacher)
Episode 42 - Interview With Lee Su-Feh (Performance Maker, Educator, Writer)
Episode 41 - Interview With Amanda Testini (Performer, Choreographer, Director)
Episode 39 - Interview with Joanna Garfinkel (Dramaturg, Writer, Theatre-Maker)
Episode 38 - Interview with Myself - Origin Story
Episode 37 - Interview with Daisy Thompson (Choreographer, Performer, Writer)
Episode 36 - Interview with Denise Clarke (Creator, Performer, Writer)
Episode 35 - Interview with Naomi Brand (Performer, Choreographer, Writer and Facilitator)
Talking Shit TRAILER !
Episode 34 - Interview with khattieQ (Actor, Musician) and Jenny Larson-Quiñones (Writer, Theatre-Maker)
Episode 33 - Solstice Bonus - Moving Meditation plus Cafecito Recipe with Tara Cheyenne
Episode 32 - Interview with Carmen Aguirre - Author Playwright Actor Director
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