Podcast
OhioDance Podcast “A State Of Dance”
Welcome to Season Two
Season Two, Episode Three:
S2 E3 · A State of Dance
Dancing Solidarity with Al Evangelista: Filipino/a/x American diaspora, queer identities and bringing history into the room with technology
Season Two, Episode Three: This month’s guest is Al Evangelista. Al s a performer, choreographer, and educator. His creative works have been performed at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, American Theatre Company, Links Hall, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, and Moss Arts Center. Evangelista’s work focuses on community-engaged practices, queer performance, social justice and Filipina/o/x-American diaspora. He also works in theatre, documentary-based work, and improvisatory collaboration.
Evangelista has danced in works for Dance Exchange, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, the Inconvenience, and performed at Chicago Opera Theatre, Adventure Stage Chicago, among others.
He is an affiliate faculty member of Oberlin’s Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and a faculty fellow in the Center for Communicating Science at Virginia Tech. alevangelista.com
Dancing Lab Developed by Al Evangelista is a Part of the National Center of Choreography at the University of Akron August 23, 2023
Al Evangelista is one of three dance artists whose work is being supported in 2023 through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to the National Center for Choreography at the University of Akron. Evangelista’s project, developed in partnership with Daring Dances (Ann Arbor, MI), is part of NCCAkron’s Dancing Labs residency program.
Host: Rodney Veal
Executive Producer: Jane D’Angelo
Editor and Audio Technician: Jessica Cavender
Music Composition: Matthew Peyton Dixon
“A State of Dance” is a six-part series coming out the fourth Friday of each month through November 2024.This podcast is driven by the OhioDance mission to secure the foothold of dance in Ohio through increasing visibility, firming viability, and elevating the position of dance in Ohio.
In 2016, a five-person team set out on a mission to capture the achievements of persons and institutions who have shaped the intricate diversity of dance history and practice within the state of Ohio and weave them together in an easily accessible digital format. This we call the OhioDance Virtual Dance Collection. As of 2024 we have highlighted 38 individuals and institutions. The team has traveled over 5000 miles and interviewed 100 individuals in all five regions of Ohio.
If you like what you are listening to and are not a member of OhioDance, you can go to https://ohiodance.org/ and click the membership button to join and receive the many benefits that come with your membership. You can also donate through our purple donate button.
OhioDance would like to thank our funders: Ohio Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, The Ohio State University Dance Preservation Fund, The Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus Foundation and Akron Community Fund.
If you missed it: Watch Season One
Season 1, Episode 1 – “A Moving History with Dr. Candace Feck”
https://zencastr.com/z/KXThlAGP
Season 1 Episode 2 · A State of Dance – “Leveling Up with Gregory Robinson”
https://zencastr.com/z/_RSBUpBp
Season One, Episode Three – Taking Note with Dr. Valarie Williams
https://zencastr.com/z/d5DmpCRh
Season 1, Ep 4 – Arts Infrastructure, Ira Weiss
https://zencastr.com/z/0doXFxl2
Season 1, Ep 5 – The Awe-Inspiring Journeys of Zelma Badu-Younge Photo Zelma Badu-Younge by Nii-Tete Yartey Studios – Ghana
https://zencastr.com/z/1xFN4-_Z
Season One, Episode Six:
S1 E6 · A State of Dance
The Unstoppable Force that is Damien Highfield
Se
ason Two, Episode One:
S2 E1 · A State of Dance
Padma Chebrolu: The Wisdom of Indian Dance and Living a Life Fueled by Joy
Season Two, Episode Two:
S2 E2 · A State of Dance
Lighting Dance with Dennis Dugan