THE BACKGROUND DANCER

Career Compass Posts

Breaking down the foundations of WHAT, WHY, HOW & WHO this is podcast exist for. All career related questions and major categories of the platform broken down thematically, enjoyably for YOU.
Nov. 1, 2022

Perceiving the Visual Culture of Fashion

Upon listening to the Fashion series, I realized how very interesting it was to listen to the duality of perspectives - photographer, Szabina Biro; and model, Ema Steindl, within an dance setting. Here are some major takeaways: Experience matters…

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Oct. 31, 2022

Do Not Go Gentle into that Mediaverse!

In this series on Art Media, Jason and his guests (Megan Castro & Melinda Gaskin) talked about media that disseminate dance knowledge by means other than real time dancing bodies, such as through magazines (or publications), podcasts and social …

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May 9, 2022

Carving beneath Choreography - The relationships it pertains

Given that dance is an abstract art, I am always curious about how communication takes place within both the choreography process and choreography staging. Such communication could be further investigated in two different relationships - between cho…

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Dec. 12, 2021

The Art of Management: What is an Art Manager?

What does it take to dive into the world and career of an art manager? While it doesn't differ to much from project management, art management does come with its own specifics that differ from the corporate. Become a producer, curator, programmer, a…

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