In the second portion of our interview with Sally Rapier, the conversation turns to the current state of composition for the musical theatre in the United Kingdom, the need for new resources for writers of musicals, and prospects and challenges for the future.
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Wrapping up our podcasts for 2006, we present a two-part interview with Sally Rapier, Director of the Global Search for New Musicals at the Cardiff International Festival of Musical Theatre. In this first part of the interview, Sally talks about her own career in the arts, the range of musicals introduced at the festival, and the submission process for new works.
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Gabriela Zuarez is a dance performer, choreographer, and cofounder of El Sur Mundo Project, an interdisciplinary group based in the Netherlands that combines dance, theater and tango culture. El Sur Mundo Project recently participated in the third Cambalache Festival in Buenos Aires.
In this interview, Gabriela tells us how El Sur Mundo Project began, and how tango culture has influenced not only her life, but also all her works and projects. She also talks about the absence of love that predominates in La Interna II, the piece presented at the Festival.
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Yossi Tal-Gan is the General Director of the Israel Festival in Jerusalem. Coming on his fifteenth year with the festival, Tal-Gan has produced many of the world’s leading artists in dance, music and theatre.
In this interview, Tal-Gan highlights the need to shock and surprise his audience, even in the midst of political tensions, as well as his determination to discover new artists.
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Silvina Szperling is an experienced dancer, choreographer, video artist, curator, and the director of the Buenos Aires Videodance International Festival, which took place for the 8th time in the city of Buenos Aires, from November 28 to December 3.
In this interview, Silvina goes over the history of videodance and the program of this year’s festival, which included a Latin American Videodance Forum, classes, installations, and a permanent exhibit, among other activities. She also talks about the contrasts she experienced in practicing videodance in places like Europe, the United States, and South America, and shares with KadmusArts her enthusiasm about being a member of the 2007 selection panel for the Empac Dance Movie Commission.
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