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July 2015

Movers & Shapers Podcast: Anabella Lenzu

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MOVERS & SHAPERS:
Lenzu_300dpiPodcast No.6 – ANABELLA LENZU

Release Date: July 28, 2015

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ABOUT ANABELLE LENZU: DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, TEACHER, WRITER

Originally from Argentina, Anabella Lenzu is a dancer, choreographer and teacher with 25 years experience working in Argentina, Chile, Italy and the USA. As Artistic Director of Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama, Lenzu draws on her diverse background to create thought-provoking and socially-conscious dance-theatre in the interest of improving our human condition. Classically trained at the renowned Teatro Colòn in Buenos Aires, Lenzu studied the modern dance techniques of Humphrey/Limòn and Graham in New York. Her studies of Tango and the folkdances of Argentina, Spain, and Italy, further inform her work. Her choreography has been commissioned all over the world, for opera, TV programs, theatre productions, and by many dance companies, such as Anna Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble (New York) and Movimento Danza (Naples, Italy). Lenzu founded her own dance school L’Atelier Centro Creativo de Danza in 1994 in Argentina, and has maintained an active teaching career ever since. Currently, Lenzu conducts classes at Peridance Capezio Center, Wagner College and Lehman College. 

Lenzu has written for various dance and arts magazines, and published her first book in 2013, entitled Unveiling Motion and Emotion. The book contains writings in Spanish and English on the importance of dance, community, choreography, and dance pedagogy. Photography by Todd Carroll documents Lenzu’s vast range of experiences dancing, teaching, and choreographing.

MORE ON ANABELLA LENZU/DANCEDRAMA:

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:

LECTURES AND BOOK READINGS

PODCAST INTERVIEW LINKS

L’Atelier Centro Creativo de Danza

Peridance Capezio Center

The Julliard School

Anna Sokolow Dance Foundation

Mary Anthony

Darrah Carr

Mary Wigman

Merce Cunningham

“An Artist First” by Doris Humphrey

“Cafe Muller” by Pina Bausch

The Field

Italian Folk Dance

Marina Abramovic

Butoh

Daniel Pettrow / The Wooster Group

Marcel Marceau

 

Podcast produced by: The Moving Architects
Interviewer: Erin Carlisle Norton
Intro Music: “Singing Distance” by Elijah Aaron

Movers & Shapers Podcast: Rachel Neville

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Podcast No.5 – RACHEL NEVILLE

Release Date: July 14, 2015
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ABOUT RACHEL NEVILLE, DANCE AND MOVEMENT PHOTOGRAPHER
Dancer
Rachel Neville is a dance and movement photographer.  So much of her perspective on lines, shapes, storytelling and ability to coach dancers and bring out the best in all her clients comes from her dance background. A former dancer, Rachel trained in Toronto, Canada and moved to Europe at 18 to pursue her career. Two years later, she sustained a knee injury that brought her home and, a little while later, her life purpose came into focus as she started photography studies. Having earned a certificate through the RAD, Rachel began teaching ballet in order to pay her way through photography school as she couldn’t put her parents through another round of very costly schooling. Upon graduating at the top of her class from Humber College in 2000, Rachel launched her new career by working in weddings and portraits, followed by table top commercial photography. Rachel and her husband David, a stills photographer in the television and movie industry, moved to NYC in 2006 and in 2008, Rachel fully settled into her true passion: dance and movement photography. Their daughters Oriane and Cadence were born in 2010 and 2013, respectively, and in 2014, Rachel realized her dream of building her own studio specifically designed to shoot dance and movement, complete with a sprung floor for her dancers to work on. Along with always looking for new ways to help her clients, Rachel currently has several personal storytelling-based imagery projects that she can’t wait to share.

MORE ON RACHEL:

PODCAST INTERVIEW LINKS

Rosella Hightower

Freed

Gamba

Danceshoppe (Toronto)

Royal Academy of Dance Certification

Canadian Dance Companies

Humber College – Photography Focus

Cylla von Tiedemann

Lois Greenfield

Landmark Education Training

Linda Solotaire

Ajkun Ballet Theatre

National Geographic Brain Games

Dance Theater of Harlem

Jennifer Edwards

 

Podcast produced by: The Moving Architects
Interviewer: Erin Carlisle Norton
Intro Music: “Singing Distance” by Elijah Aaron