Episode 15 - Interview with Dance Artist, Teacher and Studio Owner Kim Stevenson

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Talking Sh*t With Tara Cheyenne

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Show notes below: Talking Shit with Tara Cheyenne is a Tara Cheyenne Performance Productionwww.taracheyenne.comInstagram: @TaraCheyenneTCP  /  FB: Tara Cheyenne PerformancePodcast produced, edited and music by Marc Stewartwww.marcstewartmusic.com  © 2020 Tara Cheyenne Performance Subscribe/follow share through Podbean and Google Podcasts and Apple Podcasts/iTunes  Donate! To keep this podcast ad-free please go to: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/13386 Show Notes and links: Kimberly Stevenson:  Kimberly earned a diploma from Alberta’s Grant MacEwan College and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University.Kimberly is a professional dance artist who continues to seek training and performance opportunities. She has trained under Hofesh Shechter Company in London England and under Batsheva Dance Company in Tel Aviv Israel participating in extensive workshops involving training in Gaga technique and learning company repertoire. Kimberly has had the honour to perform professionally for Serge Bennathan, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Gail Lotenberg, Daisy Thompson, Katie DeVries, Kokoro Dance Theatre, Rob Kitsos, Shauna Elton, Deanna Peters, and Kate Franklin. For three seasons in a row she has been the choreographer for The Vancouver Canadians Grounds crew and was the choreographer for the East Van Panto: Snow White & the Seven Dwarves in 2017. Kimberly opened up her own dance studio in 2013 located in East Vancouver, The Happening Dance Company, and looks forward to continually sharing her joy in movement to others.Links: Tara’s filmmaker collaborator Allison Beda: http://www.allisonbeda.com/yoga-my-way-360-in-development PODPLAYS by NEWORLD THEATRE: https://neworldtheatre.com/portfolio-item/podplays-2020/Kim’s links:www.thehappeningdance.comKim's Instagram:@happeningdanceBevin Poole for pilates: https://www.unionpilates.ca/ Gaga Dance:https://www.gagapeople.com/en/gaga-online/ About Tara:Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg is an award winning creator, performer, choreographer, director and writer. Artistic Director of Tara Cheyenne Performance, she is renowned as a trailblazer in interdisciplinary performance and as a mighty performer "who defies categorization on any level"(The Georgia Straight).Tara is celebrated nationally and internationally for her unique and dynamic hybrid of dance, comedy and theatre. The string of celebrated full-length solo shows to her credit includes bANGER, Goggles, Porno Death Cult, and I can’t remember the word for I can’t remember, and she partners regularly on multidisciplinary collaborations, commissions and boundary-bending ensemble creations. When she isn’t creating innovative movement for theatre, Tara performs around the world- highlights include DanceBase/Edinburgh, South Bank Centre/London, On the Boards/Seattle USA, and High Performance Rodeo/Calgary. Recent works include The Body Project (premiering 2020/21 season) The River with dance artist Miriam Colvin and artist and activist Molly Wickham (premiering 2021 in Wet'suwet'en Territory), empty.swimming.pool with Italian dance/performance artist Silvia Gribaudi, (Castiglioncello, Bassano, Victoria, B.C. and Vancouver, B.C.), how to be (Vancouver, B.C.) , and I can’t remember the word for I can’t remember (currently touring). Tara lives on the unceded and traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səlil̓wətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation)/East Vancouver with her partner composer Marc Stewart.© 2020 Tara Cheyenne Performance