From the Top
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- Website
- http://www.fromthetoppodcast.com/
- Description
- From the Top is a podcast from IG HOP, a swing dance collective based in Vienna, Austria. It looks at the big issues in contemporary swing dance culture. Researched, produced and presented by a dedicated team, it brings you the best expertise and knowledge from around the world. Feel free to contact us with comments and questions at contact@ighop.at or on Facebook.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2021-07-02 02:50
- last episode published
- 2017-10-19 10:08
- publication frequency
- 45.12 days
- Contributors
- Dockercast
- Owner
- From the Top podcast
- Author
- Explicit
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- Number of Episodes
- 23
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- Detail page
- Categories
- Arts
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2017-10-19 | Drugs don't seem to play a big role in the swing dance community but they are there - though it's mostly just cannabis and other soft drugs. In this episode, we hear from two anonymous dancers that admit to taking drugs while dancing, and learn a littl... |
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| 2017-08-29 | A person's height affects all aspects of their life, and it matters when it comes to dancing, too. We hear from both ends of the spectrum. *** Contributors to this episode: Sofi Mirkovic, Maria Grabherr, Ruben Garred, Johanna. *** Produced and pre... |
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| 2017-06-05 | Swing dancing may seem like a carefree world that is "open to all" but even some perfectly fit and healthy people can have a hard time entering it, to say nothing of people with disabilities. In this episode, we meet two disabled dancers who beat the o... |
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| 2017-04-25 | Swing dancing seems far removed from the daily grind of business life but in fact it's just as much about money and value as any other human activity. It's just that its financial system is extremely opaque. There are no clear, universally agreed upon ... |
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| 2017-02-13 | Veteran performer and instructor Peter Loggins has a powerful message for his fellow dancers: go out and do it in public. Peter is also featured in Episode 12 - Swing dance: art or what? Cover photograph courtesy of Peter |
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| 2017-02-08 | We return to the topic of globalisation with an episode that is full of stories of border-crossing. From London to Vienna to Leipzig to Seoul, we hear from those who started dancing in one place but continued in another. Together with them, we reflect ... |
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| 2017-01-12 | Our next episode is going to be about cultural perceptions and misperceptions, and you can help make it happen. We are looking for dancers who started dancing in one place but then moved to another country or even continent and could share their stor... |
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| 2016-12-14 | In this fourth of our special series, we talk to Anaïs Sékiné, a dancer and researcher (or, to use her own definition, a dancing researcher) in Montreal who is conducting PhD research in modern swing dance culture. For a selection of Anaïs' smaller pu... |
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| 2016-11-26 | Swing dance isn't usually classified as art. This title is normally applied to ballet, tango, folk dance or contemporary dance. But is this fair? And does swing dance need to be on a par with these well-established and recognised dance genres? Is swing... |
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| 2016-10-18 | Drummer and composer Dave King is perhaps best-known as a co-founder and one-third of the U.S. jazz trio The Bad Plus. He has also co-founded a number of other groups, including Happy Apple and Halloween, Alaska. He has played with more than 30 artists... |
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