Process Piece is not just a podcast, but a full-bodied creative project created and hosted by dance artist Ruby Josephine Smith. The idea behind this project is to explore the creative process more deeply through dialogue, studying the flow of conversation itself as a process while learning to ask better and more curious questions of artists. The podcast includes artists of all mediums, backgrounds, and from all over the world in order to discover both the amazing diversity of views on art-making, as well as what the common threads are between us creators.
Episode 36: Taylor Drury - Grounding, Wobbling, and Other Dance Practices
Taylor Drury is a Canadian born dancer, choreographer, and sometimes line-drawing artist with WobbleWorks. She is currently a full time company member with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. In this conversation we talk all about her path to becoming a dancer, which was full of the unexpected, as well as the period of doubting and questioning that often comes after graduation. We speak about conscious versus unconscious influences, the practice of improvisation and how it can be built into a full piece, and the life of being in a company as a dancer as opposed to working freelance. She also talks about her drawing practice, titled WobbleWorks, which is a series of one line drawings that she has expanded out into workshops and commissions.
Full Show Notes (https://processpiece.com/episodes/episode-36-taylor-drury)
Taylor's website (https://www.taylordrury.com/) & instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tay.drury/)
Process Piece instagram (https://www.instagram.com/processpiece/)
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16 Apr 2021
Episode 35: Sakina Saïdi - Illustrating Identities and Growing into Your Own Voice
Sakina Saïdi is a French-Moroccan artist and illustrator based in London. Born and raised in France by Moroccan parents, Sakina grew up learning about different cultures and traditions. Her experiences nurtured her style and desire to represent this beautiful mix of cultures that now characterizes her personality and art. In this conversation, we talk about how she was raised to pursue “practical” careers, but how she eventually discovered her own purpose within the arts. We also talk about artistic validation, her thoughts on art and activism, as well as exploring identity as an artist, especially coming from a multicultural background.
Full Show Notes (https://processpiece.com/episodes/episode-35-sakina-sadi)
Sakina's website (https://heyimsakina.com/) & instagram (https://www.instagram.com/heyimsakina/?hl=en)
Process Piece instagram (https://www.instagram.com/processpiece/)
Support Process Piece (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rubyjo)
31 Mar 2021
(BONUS) Episode 34: Samantha Hope Galler and John Harnage - On Creating ViVa, a Celebration of Dance & Creativity During a Pandemic
Created in response to the pandemic, ViVa marks the first collaboration between two giants in the dance world, the Miami City Ballet and the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Choreographed by Amy Hall Garner, ViVa was choreographed remotely and filmed in two different cities, premiering and streaming on the companies’ social media channels. In this special, shorter-form conversation, Ruby speaks with the two dancers in ViVa, Samantha Hope Galler and John Harnage, all about the process of creating this unique duet and what it meant to them to be able to dance and make art again after 6 months in quarantine.
Full Show Notes (https://processpiece.com/episodes/episode-34-samantha-hope-galler-john-harnage-viva)
Miami City Ballet website (https://www.miamicityballet.org/) & instagram (https://www.instagram.com/miamicityballet/?hl=en)
Paul Taylor Dance Company website (https://www.ptamd.org/) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/paultaylordance/?hl=en)
Samantha Hope Galler website (https://www.samanthagaller.com/) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lifeisadebut/?hl=en)
John Harnage instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnharnage/?hl=en)
Process Piece instagram (https://www.instagram.com/processpiece/)
Support Process Piece (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rubyjo)
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