Dance And Stuff

Reid and Jack do a quick catchup before we return to last week’s conversation with all three living Black men who have danced for Merce Cunningham: Gus Solomons Jr., Michael Cole, and Rashaun Mitchell. It is a conversation not to be missed and if you missed last week’s Episode 159, go back to hear each dancer’s road to dancing for Cunningham. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON INSTAGRAM: @WITHDANCEANDSTUFF @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

This week Reid and Jack begin an epic conversation about dancing for Merce Cunningham with Gus Solomons Jr., Michael Cole, and Rashaun Mitchell. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

This week Jack and Reid spend curative time with Regina who is standing up for her right to disappear herself from dance and live a truly prosperous life of healing, fitness and true crime.  REGINA's INSTAGRAM: @WOLFMEDICINEMAGIC SBA LOAN (AKA a $10,000 Grant - if you're a maker you probably qualify!) @DJMIKEYPOP: HOUSEWIVES POST INSTAGRAM MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

It’s just the queens this week discussing what you didn’t learn in school: that HIV vaccine, X-Men, sleepy celebs, Harry Potter, and where humor can step in. Also, if you haven't watched Watchmen yet, go watch it now! VOTE FORWARD TINA CAMPT SIMONE WHITE TAMIKA LAWRENCE INSTAGRAM MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON INSTAGRAM: @WITHDANCEANDSTUFF @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

This week Jack and Reid finally answer society’s most urgent question: Does Madonna have the antibodies? They also do a deep dive into the dance community’s must read document of the moment. Two of the document’s creators, Emily Johnson and Yanira Castro, join the pod to discuss “Creating New Futures”. Creating New Futures: Working Guidelines for Ethics & Equity in Presenting Dance & Performance Arts Workers for Black Lives We See You MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

Jack and Reid are full of feelings and questions as the world falls apart during this double pandemic moment. Bill T Jones joins them to bring some life learned wisdom and some questions of his own. BILL T. JONES in conversation with JACK (MARCH 2018) MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

Jack teaches Reid about scrambled days and recounts a trip into Manhattan that scrambled his brain. They are joined by the brilliant Daniel Applebaum for a conversation about the life of a Capricorn in and around the New York City Ballet. MORE: YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT THE MAKING OF DANCE AND STUFF via PATREON  WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM

We are joined by Reid’s forever friend and dance twin, Lindsay Clark who delivers a healthy dose of dance world wisdom while Jack and a Reid attempt to fill in the ever widening memory holes in the Swiss cheese of our shared experience. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

This week Jack and Reid discuss the cruelty of men in the last episode “My Brilliant Friend” and ponder whether or not Martha Graham made it to see “Cats” before she died. They are also joined by New York City Ballet soloist Megan Lecrone who shares her unbelievable journey to health and happiness. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

The queens reminisce on missed connections from high school; chat a little about dance and their desire for people to be smarter about, well, everything; and how Reid serves Casual and Jack serves Chaos. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

Dance and Stuff turns 150! The queens recap the final Making The Cut, Jack is unable to pronounce or remember anyone’s name, and Reid has made categories of past guest’s with pen and colored pencils. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

This week Jack reviews Martha Graham’s body of work and Reid has started watching videos of shoe repair. It’s also part 2 of our epic interview with Linda Murray of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the New York Library for the Performing arts.  Contact the Jerome Robbins Division: dance@nypl.org Dance Research Fellowship at The Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

Reid and Jack don't feeling like doing the podcast anymore. Fortunately they talk with the iconic Linda Murray (curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library of the Performing Arts) who inspires them to keep going. Its a two part moment because: ICON! Contact the Jerome Robbins Division: dance@nypl.org Dance Research Fellowship at The Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library. (Hear about the 2019-2020 Fellowship next week on Part II with Linda Murray) MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

The queens have given each other movie viewing assignments: for Jack, The Cutting Edge,  and for Reid, Freeway. Speaking of the freeway, Reid as made some quarantine travel plans and also reads us a poem. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

This week, as quarantina rages on, the queens talk with the fierce India Bradley of New York City Ballet! DANCE AND STUFF LIVE. TUESDAYS @ 8PM EST on INSTAGRAM LIVE! MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

The queens dig deep in a wide ranging conversation with choreographer Moriah Evans about ballet training, movement research, and surviving a pandemic.  TANZKONGRESS MOVEMENT RESEARCH JOURNAL  GHOSTLY MATTERS by AVERY F. GORDON THE BODY IN PAIN by ELAINE SCARRY DEAD TIME by ELISSA MARDER BAD ENVIRONMENTALISM by NICOLE SEYMOUR MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

Reid and Jack are your “research journalists” researching how Covid19 is impacting dancers internationally. Part One finds the queens racing between Australia, Texas, Denmark, LA, London, Monte Carlo, and San Francisco. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

Your research journalists continue their coverage of this “rather dramatic” time. From ground zero of the pandemic in Italy to Israel, Interlochen, Hawaii, California, and Germany. There are tears. There are laughs. And a plea for our society to pull it together. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

A pandemic and economic death spiral. Also, Reid is also staying with dear friends Garrett Anderson and Courtney Wright Anderson and getting a crash course in high octane parenting. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB

First: The New News. Then an in depth look at the tremendous work of Abby Zbikowski and her company Abby Z and The New Utility. Check out their work at New York Live Arts March 18th through the 21st. MORE: WWW.DANCEANDSTUFF.COM YOUTUBE.COM/DANCEANDSTUFF  SUPPORT via PATREON MAKE A DONATION INSTAGRAM: @DANCEANDSTUFFSHOW @REIDBARTELME @JACKFERVER @THEJEREMYJACOB