DanceHere: Ballets Jazz Montréal

DanceHere: Ballets Jazz Montréal

Author: Detroit Opera September 16, 2026 Duration: 50:53
Ballets Jazz Montréal Artistic Director Alexandra Damiani joins Detroit Opera’s Arthur White and Kim Smith for a conversation about dance, collaboration, and the creative vision behind the company’s work. Together, they discuss Ballets Jazz Montréal’s distinctive approach to contemporary dance and its upcoming Detroit program, set entirely to the music of Leonard Cohen. The conversation explores the relationship between movement, music, and storytelling, and what Detroit audiences can expect when Cohen’s songs are reimagined through dance on the Detroit Opera House stage.

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

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Podcast Episodes
Pre Opera Talk: Cunning Little Vixen May 11 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:46
"How can I 'animate' the ideas of a particular work?" Detroit Opera Artistic Director Yuval Sharon talks with Director of External Affairs Arthur White about the process for his production of The Cunning Little Vixen bef…
OperaHERE: The Cunning Little Vixen [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:59
Host Arthur White chats with Detroit Opera's Artistic Director Yuval Sharon about the Detroit Opera premiere of this work and his production; and Music Director Roberto Kalb about bringing this renowned composer's work t…
Pre Opera Talk: April 14 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:27
"This is really the millennial opera" says scholar Dr. Naomi André in our Pre Opera Talk from the final performance of Breaking the Waves. Director of External Affairs Arthur White chats with Dr. André about celestial vo…
Pre Opera Talk: Breaking the Waves April 12 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:02
What do ABBA, Brahms, and Mazzoli all have in common? They're all on Stephanie Childress' playlist! Listen to her chat with Detroit Opera Music Director Roberto Kalb during the Pre-Opera Talk before Breaking the Waves.
Pre Opera Talk: Breaking the Waves April 6 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:35
Artistic Director Yuval Sharon talks with composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek before the premiere of Breaking the Waves in Detroit on April 6, 2024
OperaHERE: Breaking The Waves [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:45
Director of External Affairs, Arthur White talks with Breaking the Waves composer Missy Mazzoli and Associate Artistic Director Christine Goerke.
Pre Opera Talk: Europeras 3 & 4 March 10 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:01
“Before the Sunday matinee and final performance, Yuval Sharon, Detroit Opera's Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director, talks with Director of External Affairs Arthur White about his experience producing works by John Cage…
Pre Opera Talk: Europeras 3 & 4 March 9 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:40
Yuval Sharon, Detroit Opera's Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director, talks with Director of External Affairs Arthur White about John Cage's experience with silence, and producing Europeras and chance operations.
Pre Opera Talk: Europeras 3 & 4 March 8 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:53
Before the premiere of Detroit Opera's Europeras 3 & 4, Arthur White talks with Detroit Bureau of Sound artist and cactus virtuoso Zac Bru, who explains compositional use of silence in music; and marks the 49th Anniversa…
Pre Opera Talk: Madame Butterfly Oct 15 2023 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:39
“Ok, if we were to say ‘no traditional production’, what would you do?” Stage director Matthew Ozawa talks with Detroit Opera Gary L. Wasserman Artistic Director Yuval Sharon about his concept behind his production of Ma…