Dash Arts Podcast

Dash Arts
Dash Arts Podcast

The Dash Arts podcast takes on big issues through an artistic lens. Hear artists, filmmakers, musicians, theatre makers and more explore the challenges facing society today. In each episode Dash Arts' Artistic Director Josephine Burton hosts conversations delving into movements, legacies and ideas that continue to shape the cultural landscape worldwide. For more information, videos and podcasts, please head to www.dasharts.org.uk. Dash Arts is a National Portfolio Organisation funded by the Arts Council of England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Estonia’s Singing Lands

    5 SEPT

    Estonia’s Singing Lands

    “I’ve long nurtured a dream to get out and finally explore what it was about the forests and seas of Laulasmaa, ‘the land of song’, in Estonia that inspired Arvo Pärt and so many musicians.” Join Dash’s Artistic Director, Josephine Burton as she travels to the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa, Estonia to investigate the mystical musical relationship between nature and the people of Estonia From the Arvo Pärt Centre Josephine wanders the forest, swims in the sea and explores Helikula, ‘the village of sound’, where musicians from the Union of Composers were given summer houses during Soviet Times. We started collaborating in October 2020 during the pandemic with a widely celebrated online event with the Arvo Pärt Centre combining a pre-recorded concert and a conversation with musicians Andres Kaljuste, Sophia Rahman and Arvo’s son Michael Pärt. You can hear this previous episode here. For more on the trip you can read Josephine’s blog and see more photographs of the incredible Estonian landscape on the Dash Arts website. In the podcast, we hear from: Josephine Burton - Artistic Director, Dash Arts  Michael Pärt - Music Editor and Chairman of the Arvo Pärt Centre Sophia Rahman - Pianist Andres Kaljuste - Violinist Rein Lang - Former Minister of Culture of Estonia Liisa Hirsch - Composer  Kristina Norman - Artist Title music by Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi Compositions by Arvo Pärt played by Sophia Rahman and Andres Kaljuste: Fratres  Für Alina Spiegel im Spiegel With thanks to the Estonian Ministry of Culture and Estonian Cultural Counsellor in London for enabling Josephine’s trip.  Artwork: A PHOTO JOSEPHINE’S TRIP Reference to the previous episode (Jan 2021) - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7pN6oLyNmgxVEqjNjZW8Dg?si=34666bcd1c984ba6  Blog link - https://www.dasharts.org.uk/blog/arvo-prts-inspiration-discovering-the-magic-of-estonias-forests-and-sounds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 1m
  2. OI VA VOI - Back Together

    3 APR

    OI VA VOI - Back Together

    “In many ways, I owe everything to the band.” It’s been over 25 years since two students ran into each other on a street corner in Oxford and decided to set up a band. Oi Va Voi, rooted in Jewish and Eastern European musical traditions, would eventually reach hundreds and thousands of people across the world.  Dash’s Artistic Director Josephine Burton and Jonathan Walton, also known as Lemez Lovas, knew they needed more people and more instruments. Soon after Sophie Solomon, Steve Levi, Leo Bryant, Nik Ammar and Josh Breslaw joined the band and they began fusing together klezmer, jazz, funk and drum and bass. Last summer, their breakout album, Laughter Through Tears, turned 20 and the band marked it with a celebratory reunion gig at EartH in Hackney. In this episode we hear from the original members of the band and moments from last summer’s reunion. As with all enduring families - there have been many moments when both life inside and outside the band got really tough, but Oi Va Voi lives on and this podcast celebrates these stories, the music and the people who made it. Josephine also shares why Dash Arts delayed releasing this episode back in October 2023. In the podcast, we hear from: Josephine Burton - Artistic Director, Dash Arts and former Singer, Oi Va Voi Jonathan Walton/Lemez Lovas - former Trumpeter, Oi Va Voi Josh Breslaw - Drummer, Oi Va Voi Leo Bryant - former Bassist, Oi Va Voi Sophie Solomon - former Violinist, Oi Va Voi Nik Ammar - former Guitarist, Oi Va Voi Steve Levi - Clarinetist, Oi Va Voi KT Tunstall - former Singer, Oi Va Voi Music: Recorded live at EartH, Hackney on 22nd July 2023. Used with permission of Oi Va Voi. Intro: Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi Artwork: Album Cover taken from an early ep, Odessa, recorded in early 2000. Photo credit lost in the mists of time! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    47 min
  3. 6 MAR

    The Reckoning: How It All Began with Peter Pomerantsev

    In this second episode on the journey towards our production, The Reckoning, we hear from journalist and author, Peter Pomerantsev who co-founded The Reckoning Project and who first shared with Dash the hundreds of witness testimonies from survivors of the Russian war in Ukraine. Dash’s Artistic Director, Josephine Burton and Podcast Producer, Marie Horner hear about Peter’s motivations for starting the project and why he asked Dash to bring these stories to the stage. The Reckoning Project trains journalists to work with lawyers and analysts to collect stories of the horrors of war, detentions, torture and shelling that can be submitted as evidence in court.  Peter and Josephine explore the relationship between the lawyers, journalists and witnesses, and how this has influenced Dash’s production. We also hear from Peter’s colleagues at The Reckoning Project, Nataliya Gumenyuk and Kostiantyn Korobov, on what has changed since the war began two years ago and what justice could look like for the people they speak to. Peter joined us while he was in London to promote his new book, How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler. To find out more visit Faber’s website. Josephine will be sharing more about the production in Cambridge on Wednesday 20th March alongside Rory Finnin, Professor of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge. Get your tickets here. In the podcast, we hear from: Josephine Burton - Artistic Director, Dash Arts  Peter Pomerantsev - Journalist and Author Nataliya Gumenyuk - Journalist Kostiantyn Korobov - Archivist Marie Horner - Podcast Producer Music by Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    40 min

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The Dash Arts podcast takes on big issues through an artistic lens. Hear artists, filmmakers, musicians, theatre makers and more explore the challenges facing society today. In each episode Dash Arts' Artistic Director Josephine Burton hosts conversations delving into movements, legacies and ideas that continue to shape the cultural landscape worldwide. For more information, videos and podcasts, please head to www.dasharts.org.uk. Dash Arts is a National Portfolio Organisation funded by the Arts Council of England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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