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65 | #DanielleGeorgiou

On our fourth episode of Interdisciplinary month, your co-hosts YeaJean and Martheya interview Dallas, Texas based choreographer/director, Danielle Georgiou. In this episode, we go behind the screen and talk about her #NBSS Visionary Awarded dance film 51 Days in Quarantine, Danielle Georgiou Dance Group (DGDG), dance theater, creative process in the pandemic, critiquing live and digital performance, social media as a platform for artmaking and self-curation.




This week on DANCE BEHIND THE SCREEN PODCAST…

[0:28] Martheya and YeaJean introduce Danielle Georgiou

QUESTIONS WITH DANIELLE GEORGIOU

[3:30] Martheya asks: “Congratulations on your short film, 51 Days in Quarantine. Our selection committee which included kNOwBOX dance and Joy MarieThompson voted your work the #NBSS Visionary Award. Can you describe your film and why you created it? Can you walk us through this process?”

[7:40] Martheya asks: “How did that bring you to creating 51 Days in Quarantine?”

[10:39] Martheya asks: “What advice do you have for artists or creators who want to create to live on social media?”

[13:49] Martheya asks: “I haven’t heard the criticism from people valuing live performance over digital performance. Can you explain more about these encounters you’ve had?”

[16:40] YeaJean asks: “I think we can see what are the possibilities (dance in the digital space) in positive ways?”

[18:01] Martheya asks: “Do you think people are afraid of losing support for live art?”