No. 26: Collaboration, Communication and Community in Dance

Why is freedom dependent on responsibility? And how does dance
improvisation reflect society? In this episode of FOYERFUNK,
Isaac Spencer, professor of ballet technique at the HfMDK, chats
with Ioannis Mandafounis, choreographer and artistic director of
the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company (DFDC), and BA dance students
Marta Maestrelli and Aziliz Routier about a recent project: JOIN,
a collaboration between Ioannis, the HfMDK's BAdance study
program and the professional dancers of the DFDC. What is it like
when performers of different ages, backgrounds and levels of
experience come together to form one community? The students
describe how it felt to learn Ioannis' method and dance alongside
professionals, supporting and challenging each other as well as
learning from the experience despite - or because of - their
differences.


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This episode’s guests: Ioannis Mandafounis, Marta Maestrelli and
Aziliz Routier


This episode’s host: Isaac Spencer


Editorial team: Lorna Lüers, Laura Saxler, David Schmitt and
Hansjacob Staemmler


Technique and production: David Schmitt


Intro and outro music: Orm Finnendahl


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