Talking Sh*t With Tara Cheyenne
Arts:Performing Arts
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Podcast produced, edited and music by Marc Stewart Music
My name is Sophia Mai Wolfe (she/her/hers), I am a queer, Japanese-Canadian independent artist whose practice is ever-changing. My practice moves and connects me to live performance, video documentation, curation, festival programming, editing, filmmaking, and directing. I am a grateful guest of what is colonially know as Vancouver on the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish),and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. My dance practice has led me to performing and touring internationally with companies and independent choreographers such as Company 605, Co-Erasga, Chick Snipper, Cindy Mochizuki, Lisa Mariko Gelley, Kelly McInnes, Antonio Somera, Zahra Shahab, The Only Animal and New World Theatre.
I hold an MA in Screendance from the London Contemporary Dance School, and am the founding Artistic Director of F-O-R-M (Festival Of Recorded Movement). Through completing my MA, I became interested in making work that challenges and slows our attention. I use film and dance to invite connection and empathy towards the bodies we witness on screen, as well as invite sensation within the bodies of those witnessing. I work independently and collaboratively with artists and communities to engage audiences in work that moves them through embodied and imaginative experiences.
I am also involved with videocan as a video archivist and on the research team which is an online archive of Canadian performance directed by Patrick Blenkarn and Milton Lim. I have also curated screenings for New Blue Dance Festival (Toronto), Vancouver Art Gallery, DOTE (Vancouver) and Body+Camera (Chicago).
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 31 - All New 3rd Interview with Justine A. Chambers
Episode 30 - Interview with Quelemia Sparrow - Actor Writer
Episode 29 - Interview with Amber Funk Barton - Dance Artist
Episode 28 - Interview with Nancy Tam - Sound Artist
Episode 27 - Interview with Susie Burpee - Dance Artist, Scholar and Advocate for Caregivers in the Performing Arts
Episode 26 - Interview with Jane Gabriels - Performance Artist and Executive Director of Made In BC Dance On Tour
Episode 25 - Interview with Lisa Gelley - Dance Artist and Co - Artistic Director Company 605
Episode 24 - Interview with Harmanie Rose - Dance Artist
Episode 23 - Q&A with The Future -Tara and Kate Franklin answer questions from recent Dance and Theatre Grads
Episode 22 - Interview with Jeanette Kotowich - Dance Artist
Episode 21 - Interview with Ziyian Kwan - Dance Artist
Episode 20 - Interview with Tasha Faye Evans: Coast Salish Dance and Theatre Artist, Activist and Educator
Episode 19 - NEW Encore Interview with Justine A Chambers: Dance-Artist/Thinker/Activator
Episode 18 - Interview with Olivia C. Davies, Dance Artist, Choreographer and Community-Arts Facilitator
Episode 17 - Interview with Michelle Olson - Choreographer, Dance Artist, Educator
Episode 16 - BONUS - Moving Meditation with Tara Cheyenne
Episode 15 - Interview with Dance Artist, Teacher and Studio Owner Kim Stevenson
Episode 14 - Interview with Singer, Songwriter, Heavy Metal Musician and Marketing Whizz Cherine Amr - Notes from the Studio
Episode 13 - Interview with Dance Artist Justine A. Chambers - Creativity in the time of COVID-19
Episode 12 - Art in the time of COVID-19
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