Lily Sutherland, Robert Binet, and Ilter Ibrahimof discuss the future of Fall for Dance North with Nicole Inica Hamilton

Ilter Ibhrahimof talks with Travis Knights about his new World Premiere, The Mars Project.

Propeller Dance's Amelia Rose Griffin and Liz Winkelaar join Nicole Inica Hamilton to discuss their company and work, Waiting in the Wings No More.

Alyssa Martin sits down to speak with Nicole Inica Hamilton about her Rock Bottom's new work, Big Time Miss.

Sir Wayne McGregor joins FFDN's Artistic Director Ilter Ibrahimof to discuss his work and Company Wayne McGregor's Autobiography.

Chelsea McMullan and Sean O’Neill, co-creators of the CBC Original docuseries SWAN SONG sit down with Robert Binet, co-choreographer of the series’ featured Swan Lake, to discuss and reflect on the making of the documentary series, SWAN SONG is an immersive new CBC documentary series that brings viewers inside The National Ballet of Canada as the company mounts a legacy-defining new production of Swan Lake, directed by ballet icon Karen Kain as she bids farewell to the company she’s become synonymous with.

Gina Gibney, the founder of Gibney Dance Company, connects with acclaimed dancemaker, Sonya Tayeh to discuss “Oh Courage!” and Tayeh’s work with the Gibney Company. “Oh Courage!” is featured in UNBOWED: Signature Programme 2.

FFDN’s Artistic Director, Ilter Ibrahimof, meets with the sole Co-Artistic Director of Candoco Dance Company, Charlotte Darbyshire to discuss Candaco’s mission and history. The company’s featured performance of I wish we would start over, is being presented as part of HEARTBEATS: Signature Programme 1.

Timea Wharton-Suri, Curator and Executive Director of dance Immersion, sits down with dance artist, Pulga Muchochoma to talk about his solo work, Mascara, being presented at FFDN as part of HEARTBEATS: Signature Programme 1.

Turn Out Radio's Nicole Inica Hamilton join Freddy Gipp and Thunder Jack, producers of the Indigenous dance competition, Tkaronto Open, to talk about FFDN’s newest program.

Stanford Makishi, Vice President of Programming at New York City Center for Fall For Dance NY, guides us through an enthralling conversation with one of Hawaii’s most esteemed Hula choreographers and educators, Kaleo Trinidad.

Tap performers and choreographers Dianne Montgomery and Michela Marino Lerman meet virtually for a conversation that begins by discussing each of their latest works, before venturing deeper into the heart of their creative processes.

Jera Wolfe and Kenneth Shirley waste no time in this playful and insightful conversation, immediately jumping into talking about all their exciting dance endeavours of late.

Kimberley Cooper, the current Artistic Director of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, sits down with Vicki Adams Willis, one of DJD’s three founders, inside one of the studios at their beautiful new permanent building in downtown Calgary.

Zack Martel and Santiago Rivera, the dynamic circus duo known professionally as Solo un Duelo, in conversation with Francisco Cruz, a fellow circus performer they both admire.

Collaborators Karen Kaeja and Roshanak Jaberi take a break from doing the final edits on their new dance film, Slipping, and sit facing each other on a loveseat in Karen’s Toronto home.

One cultural byproduct of the pandemic has been the proliferation of filmed stage performances. The ubiquitous presence of livestream and on-demand digital content makes it easy to overlook the dizzying amount of decisions and expertise that go into bringing the stage to the screen. As an Oscar nominated director and one of Canada’s leading film/TV Producers, Barbara Willis Sweete knows a thing or two about capturing magic with a camera. She has also directed more than 30 Live Broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera of New York, and countless dance performances. We sit down with Barbara at her home for an in-depth chat on bringing dance to life on the big (& small) screen, then journey behind the scenes with her on the set of a recent dance film shoot.

In Getting to know your Fruit dancer/choreographer Sara Porter embodies a botany all her own, inviting us to get to know our own internal fruit. Exploding the theatrical moment into movement and monologue that reveals the heart of a woman in conversation with herself about finding the truest ways to self-expression, the new film version of her monumental work, directed by William Yong, examines the fruits of her 30-year career in performing and writing. We sat down with Sara and visited her in the studio to chat about digging deep into memoir and movement to create a new form for Fruit.

For most of us the process of deciding what ends up on stage in front of us is something we have little knowledge of, with the immense care and consideration that goes into curating living behind a veil of unknowns. This episode peels back that veil and offers a window into the art of curation, opening up and exploring the complexities surrounding it. First we caught up with Laurence Lemieux, Artistic Director of Citadel + Compagnie, and she spoke on how she approaches curating her company and theatre space. We then sat down with Dancer and Choreographer Christine Friday who, using her recent experience as ⅓ of the curatorial committee for 2021’s Night Shift program as a jumping off point, generously discussed her experience curating, and aspects of her life and artistic practice which have shaped how she inhabits into that role.

Born in Zolani, South Africa, brothers Mthuthuzeli & Siphe November have danced together since before either of them can remember, until their passion for dance grew into two accomplished careers and sent them to two different continents. Siphe has been an undeniable force and integral part of the National Ballet of Canada; and Mthuthuzeli’s work as a dancer and choreographer in London, England with Ballet Black continues to dazzle and win prestigious awards. We caught up with both brothers in the midst of their creation process in London to chat about how they were getting along. Their highly-anticipated work, titled My Mother’s Son, was filmed by Canadian director Vikram Dasgupta at the palatial Battersea Arts Centre in London, and premieres on Oct. 13 as part of Fall for Dance North’s digital event 2021 Signature Program, co-presented by TO Live.