Just Dance: Podcast Recommendations

Just Dance: Podcast Recommendationsđź©°

January 22, 2023

Five podcast episodes on a theme, each week curated by a different person

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Just Dance: Podcast Recommendationsđź©°

CuratorErika Lantz (she/her) and Elin Lantz Lessier (she/her), producers of The Turning: Room of Mirrors podcast

Why did you choose this theme?

The new season of our podcast, The Turning, is called “Room of Mirrors.” It’s all about the insular world of ballet, a classical art form with a complicated legacy. We wanted to highlight other stories of dance and ballet that showcase the voices of professionals, industry specialists, and even amateur dancers – all with a deep passion for beautiful movement.

PODCAST PICKS:Click on the podcast art to listen đź‘‚

The Turning: Room of Mirrors

This is the trailer for The Turning: Room of Mirrors. The first two episodes of the season come out on Tuesday. EarBuds curators Erika and Elin hope you’ll all subscribe after hearing it!

UnstyledMisty Copeland On Overcoming Struggle Through GraceMisty Copeland is an icon who’s transcended the ballet world and into the zeitgeist. It’s great to hear her tell us about what led her to become a ballerina, the importance of representation, and how Mariah Carey has played a role throughout her life.

Seriously...

The Dancer and Her Shoe Maker

It’s not just ballet dancers who dedicate their lives to this centuries-old classical art form. In this episode, we hear from a professional dancer and one of the most important people in her life: her pointe shoe maker, a man whose skills are hard to come by.

This American LifeInvisible Made Visible, Act 3 â€“ Stiff as a Board, Light as a FeatherAfter a surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, writer David Rakoff lost the use of his left arm. Figuring out how to use only his right arm to do the day-to-day stuff was simple enough, but he feared he would also lose the ability to express himself through dance, as he’d done his whole life. This was David Rakoff’s final appearance on the show. You can also watch him tell this story on YouTube. 

Conversations on DanceLauryn Johnson: Uncovering Gems of New York City Ballet History In this episode, you'll hear from Lauryn Johnson, a dancer, and New York City Ballet usher. She has captivated the dance world with her documentation of the historic New York City Ballet via social media.

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New in 2023: We've partnered with Realm Media on pairing a fiction podcast with our theme. This week, since our theme is "dance," Homecoming. Get it? Like a homecoming dance?!

HomecomingThe first scripted series from Gimlet Media, starring Catherine Keener, Oscar Isaac, David Schwimmer, Amy Sedaris, and David Cross. Homecoming centers on a caseworker at an experimental facility, her ambitious supervisor, and a soldier eager to rejoin civilian life — presented in an enigmatic collage of telephone calls, therapy sessions, and overheard conversations.

FEEDBACK WITH EARBUDS:

This week on our podcast...Erika and Elin are sharing podcast recommendations this week about dance. You'll get to hear from professionals, industry specialists, and amateur dancers about how dance has impacted their lives.PLUS: We'll tell you about this week's Spotlight pick, Playing Anne Frank, a show about the stage and film adaptations of The Diary of Anne Frank. Subscribe

COMMUNITY:

🎤This week in Podcast The Newsletter: In a Q&A, Lauren Passell interviewed Henri Sallis, Gloria Laisure, Buzz Leer, and Elise Brisco, the four storytellers of Lemonada’s series, BEING Golden.🔍Three Muslim college students were killed in their apartment building in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 2015. The police said it was because of a parking dispute. Family and friends said the victims were targeted because they were Muslim. Hosts Saadia and Asad break down the case to figure out if it was a hate crime on Invisible Hate.

📨Black History Month: Black creators, we want to highlight your work! Submit your curated lists and individual episode recommendations now to be featured next month.

✨Send your updates for us to include in our Community section. Submit!

CLASSIFIEDS:

🎧On Air Fest is the premier cultural event for audio creatives and inspired listeners. It brings together an expansive range of emerging and established voices to explore the creative possibilities of sound. On Air Fest carves a place for artists and storytellers who are defining this moment in audio. đźš€Discover entertaining sci-fi flash-fiction stories filled with action, comedy, and heart. You'll experience engaging character-driven stories that get right to the point. On Glenda Blasts Your Ear Off, listen to stories you'll never forget. Written by Josh Busch and narrated by Glenda Villamar. Enjoy.

SPOTLIGHT:

 

Using archival material and interviews with surviving cast and crew members,

Playing Anne Frank

presents the backstory of

The Diary of Anne Frank

, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play and Oscar-winning film.

The Diary of Anne Frank

was one of the most influential plays of the 20th century. It introduced millions of Americans to the Holocaust and its victims. But what did reenacting Anne’s story mean to the people who created and acted in the play or the 1959 film?

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PODCAST NEWS from Podnews

  • Total downloads are one thing, but what podcast categories are listened-to longest? Apple Podcasts data supplied to Podnews tells us the top five categories with the longest overall global listen time, are: (1) Society and Culture, (2) Comedy, (3) News, (4) True Crime, and (5) Health and Fitness.

  • What does podcasting look like in 2023? Ozeal Enriquez, the Director of Content Marketing at Q’d Up Audio and founder of Pod Houston thinks more podcasters will turn their shows into live events.

  • Spotify reckons it now has 5,523,475 podcasts, according to an app notification on January 13. The Podcast Index has 4,113,645 and Apple has 2,528,530, suggests Podcast Industry Insights.

  • TikTok is quietly testing a podcast feature, says Business Insider. 

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