Music & Dance: Musicians, Composers, Singers, Dancers, Choreographers, Performers Talk Art, Creativity & The Creative Process

About Music & Dance: Musicians, Composers, Singers, Dancers, Choreographers, Performers Talk Art, Creativity & The Creative Process

Music & Dance episodes of the popular The Creative Process podcast. To listen to ALL arts & creativity episodes of “The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society”, you’ll find our main podcast on Apple: tinyurl.com/thecreativepod, Spotify: tinyurl.com/thecreativespotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Exploring the fascinating minds of creative people. Conversations with writers, artists & creative thinkers across the Arts & STEM. We discuss their life, work & artistic practice. Winners of Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Pulitzer, leaders & public figures share real experiences & offer valuable insights. Notable guests and and organizations include: Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pilobolus Dance Company & Five Senses Festival, Harvard Dance Center, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Carter Burwell, John Powell, Edmar Castaneda, Kovacs, Marcelo Zarvos, Paulo Szot (Chicago, South Pacific), Jill Johnson (Ballet Frankfurt, The Forsythe Company), Mario Alberto Zambrano (Juilliard Dance), Nano Stern, Michael Daugherty, Bright Sheng, François Clemmons (Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Harlem Spiritual Ensemble), Rick Carnes (Songwriters Guild of America), Peter Boal, Noelani Pantastico, Itamar Kubovy, Jonah Bokaer Choreography & The Hudson Eye, Renée Jaworski, Matt Kent, Trish Sie (Pitch Perfect 3), Emily Kent, Seán Curran (NYU Tisch School of the Arts), Carolyn Waters Broe (Four Seasons Orchestra), Yuval Sharon, Aaron P. Dworkin (Sphinx Organization), Lorenda Ramou (Onassis Cultural Center), Terry Radigan, among others. The interviews are hosted by founder and creative educator Mia Funk with the participation of students, universities, and collaborators from around the world. These conversations are also part of our traveling exhibition.
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Publisher

Musicians, Composers, Performers, Dancers, Choreographers...in Conversation: Creative Process Original Series

Category

arts · music · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Sept 2019

Latest episode

19 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 203 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   19 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   LINCOLN CENTER: Celebrating the Performing Arts & the Human Spirit w/ SHANTA THAKE

   Chief Artistic Officer Shanta Thake discusses Lincoln Center's mission to foster inclusivity and the arts as civic infrastructure in this interview.

2. 

   3 Aug 2026

   LINCOLN CENTER: Contemporary Dance, Global Music and Public Stages w/ Chief Artistic Officer SHANTA THAKE - Highlights

   As the Chief Artistic Officer at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Shanta Thake is breaking down barriers—both literal and figurative—to create a more inclusive cultural landscape. From transforming New York’s grandest plazas into welcoming dance floors to grappling with the complex history of San Juan Hill, she views the arts as an essential civic infrastructure. In this episode, we explore her journey from a theater intern to leading one of the world's most prestigious arts institutions, the intersection of technology and human creation, and why gathering together remains our most vital technology for the future.

3. 

   20 May 2026

   Finding Music in the Natural World: Composers and Poets on The Power of Stories

   Why do we write? In this episode, we explore writing as an awakening and a bridge between memory and discovery. We hear from poets, novelists, musicians and thinkers who reflect on how narrative helps us make sense of displacement, failure and our connection to the natural world. Join us for a deep dive into the stories that make us human.

Inside a recent episode

LINCOLN CENTER: Celebrating the Performing Arts & the Human Spirit w/ SHANTA THAKE

Published 19 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And live performance in particular, I think, is a way of us practicing how do we move across our ideological boundaries and find one another and imagine and create these new worlds together. And so if I believe that, that it's this most important thing, then I have to make sure everybody feels welcome there. And I have to figure out what is the right container? How many containers do we have to create to make sure that people can find their way in? and have this experience of not feeling othered, but feeling like they're a part of something and that they have something to offer. And so I think it's really this sort of cross-cultural, beautiful upbringing that I had that I think has allowed this window into what I want to see possible for other people in terms of finding themselves within these spaces. […]

Who has been a guest on Music & Dance: Musicians, Composers, Singers, Dancers, Choreographers, Performers Talk Art, Creativity & The Creative Process

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Shanta Thake
• Sharon Lawrence
• MEGAN ABBOTT
• Eiren Caffall
• Robert Paterson

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

33 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

284 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

91

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

84

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