#5: Ido Gidron | Self-love and acceptance, protecting dancers, and trusting the path as a cure to all challenges and doubts

#5: Ido Gidron | Self-love and acceptance, protecting dancers, and trusting the path as a cure to all challenges and doubts

Author: Amit Abend May 10, 2022 Duration: 1:36:30
For this episode of “Inside Contemporary Dance”, I sat down to chat with Ido Gidron. Ido is an Israeli performance artist, dancer, choreographer, and certified instructor of Gaga, the movement language developed by Ohad Naharin. He was born and raised in the mountains of Jerusalem and began his dance training in high school at The Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance (where we also met for the first time!) Ido went on to dance for Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company II and nearly a year late...

Amit Abend pulls back the curtain on a life in motion with Inside Contemporary Dance. This isn't a theoretical discussion about art from the outside; it's a series of raw, personal conversations recorded from the studio floor and the quiet moments after the performance. As a working dancer himself, Amit connects with guests-from emerging choreographers to seasoned performers across the globe-on a level that gets to the heart of what this career actually feels like. Episodes delve into the unspoken realities: the physical cost of a masterpiece, the vulnerability of auditioning, the financial puzzles, and the pure joy of a phrase that finally clicks. You'll hear how artists sustain their passion over decades, navigate creative blocks, and define success on their own terms. Tuning into this podcast feels like having access to a private gathering of the most dedicated practitioners in the field, offering a collective wisdom that’s both grounding and inspiring. It’s about the work, the life, and the space between.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 11

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#8: Solo Episode | My "get-to-do list" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:56
Welcome to the very first solo episode of Inside Contemporary Dance! In these mini-episodes, I’ll be sharing some stories, tips, hacks, strategies, and lessons I have collected over the course of my professional career.…
#6: EYAS Dance Project | Embracing diversity in the studio and on stage, free gender expression, constant self-experimentation, and breaking out of any norms and social constructs that may limit our intrinsic potential as artists and human beings [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:40:10
For this episode of “Inside Contemporary Dance”, I sat down to chat with the incredibly talented, deeply inspiring, Carlos González and Seth Buckley, who founded the contemporary dance company EYAS Dance Project. Since i…
#0: Introducing Inside Contemporary Dance [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:25
What, who, where, and why? Amit Abend is introducing her new podcast “Inside Contemporary Dance.” Stay tuned to our first episode featuring the one and only: Pau Aran Gimeno! Follow Inside Contemporary Dance: Instagram:…