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PODCAST: THE TALKING CURE, conversations with Jedediah Wheeler.
The Talking Cure” are informal conversations between Montclair State University’s Executive Director for Arts + Cultural Programming Jedediah Wheeler and innovative artists and administrators from PEAK Performances' local and worldwide community. This series of podcasts highlight issues that expand our appreciation of the contemporary performing arts experiences as told by creative practitioners.
When looking at each work in the 2019/2020 PEAK season through the multidimensional optic of language, consider that each event is in some way
singularly influenced by the metaphor.
Language is culture
Learning a new language to make new art.
Dancers internalize language.
Vanishing voices.
Dance vocabulary
Diversity is cultural language
Old language for new sounds.
His unique language was not heard in his lifetime
A new language emerges from old words
An original dance voice goes quiet
Visual digital language
Politics of language
Theater without words
Produced by the Office of Arts and Cultural Programming at Montclair State University.
Executive Director, Jedediah Wheeler
Producer, Natalie Marx
Music by NeoCortex
2019
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Ep. 19. The Talking Cure: Simone Dinnerstein
Jedediah Wheeler asks Simone Dinnerstein to reflect on the genesis and development process for the PEAK Performances commissioned work The Eye is the First Circle. He and Dinnerstein converse on her expanded view of her career now as a renowned concert pianist and recording artist to her successful pursuits into a wide range of collaborative projects.
This podcast is produced by PEAK Performances and the Office of Arts + Cultural Programming at Montclair State University
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Ep. 18. The Talking Cure: Heidi Latsky
Jedediah Wheeler and choreographer Heidi Latsky talk about her PEAK Plus film ON DISPLAY. Latsky illuminates her artistic journey to date that began by simply asking "What is a dance body?" and now looking at bodies as sculpture in ON DISPLAY. Latsky and Wheeler probe the terms “unexpected bodies” and the inherent beauty of her dancers while performing. She also talks about the international impact and evolving responses over the years from her audiences.
To learn more about the performance and streaming of ON DISPLAY in PEAK Plus, go to https://www.peakperfs.org/event/heidi-latsky-on-display/
This podcast is produced by PEAK Performances and the Office of Arts + Cultural Programming at Montclair State University
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Recorded in New York City on September 23, 2021. -
Ep. 17. The Talking Cure: David Gordon and Valda Setterfield
David Gordon and Valda Setterfield talk about art & life in the context of 60 years of working and living together from the early days (now known as the Postmodern Dance Movement). They talk with long-time collaborator Jedediah Wheeler in their Soho loft about shared history as well as David Gordon’s new film work created for PEAK Plus, The New Adventures of Old David (What Happened 1978-2021).
To learn more about the performance and streaming of The New Adventures of Old David (What Happened – 1978/2021) in PEAK PLUS, go to https://www.peakperfs.org/event/the-new-adventures-of-old-david/
This podcast is produced by PEAK Performances and the Office of Arts + Cultural Programming at Montclair State University
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Recorded on June 16, 2021. -
Ep. 16. The Talking Cure: The Mathematics of Juggling
In this episode of The Talking Cure: Conversations with Jedediah Wheeler, Mathematics professor Mika Munakata and the Chair of the Mathematics Department at Montclair State University, Ashwin Vaidya, discussed their research paper 'Inspiring Mathematical Creativity through Juggling'. An exciting collaboration with the brilliant juggler and director Sean Gandini and the Office of Arts + Cultural Programming explores the connection between science and juggling. The work seeks to encourage students' creative thinking, including non-STEM majors, to see mathematics in unexpected places, make connections to their own interests and disciplines, and explore creativity in mathematics.
To learn more about "Inspiring Mathematical Creativity through Juggling" go to https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol10/iss2/14/
To learn more about Sean Gandini's upcoming broadcast and streaming of SPRING in PEAK HD/ALL ARTS go to https://www.peakperfs.org/peak-hd/
This podcast is produced by PEAK Performances and the Office of Arts + Cultural Programming at Montclair State University
Executive Director, Jedediah Wheeler
Producer and Editor, Natalie Marx
More episode of The Talking Cure: www.peakperfs.org/podcasts/
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Recorded via Zoom on Dec 1, 2020. -
Ep15. The Talking Cure: Raphaëlle Boitel
She conceives a physical language inscribed in a visual universe that is written in the three dimensions of the stage...
Raphaëlle Boitel, French choreographer, director, and aerial mastermind is the author and architect of a new form of theater that transports the imagination to unprecedented heights. In this episode of The Talking Cure, the contemporary circus artist reflects on her dystopian work When Angels Fall, presented by PEAK Performances in 2019, her life during the pandemic, and new work—a tryptic and self-portrait—that celebrates women's strength in the circus.
This podcast is produced by PEAK Performances and the Office of Arts and Cultural Programming at Montclair State University
Executive Director, Jedediah Wheeler
Producer and Editor, Natalie Marx
Post Production Assistant, Maya Singuenza
Photo by Louis Michel Grevent
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Recorded via Zoom on Sept 1, 2020. -
Ep.14 The Talking Cure: Kristy Geslain | ALL ARTS
In this episode of The Talking Cure, Kristy Geslain, Senior Producer at ALL ARTS, the New York Emmy® Award-winning arts and culture hub created by WNET, talks about its innovative partnership with MSU's PEAK Performances bringing the world's best contemporary artists to HD broadcasting and on-line streaming. Hear about the upcoming launch of this groundbreaking programming initiative presented everywhere via PEAK HD, starting with FALLING & LOVING by Anne Bogart, Elizabeth Streb, and Charles Mee.
For more information about ALL ARTS https://allarts.org
Visit PEAK HD https://www.peakperfs.org/peak-hd/
Produced by PEAK Performances and the Office of Arts + Cultural Programming at Montclair State University
Natalie Marx, Producer and Editor
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Podcast recorded remotely via Zoom on September 11, 2020