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Body of Work. Doing Dance Heritage

STUK
Dance Heritage
The Dog Days Are Over
Jan Martens
STUK
Archive
Rosas
Repertory
Embodied Knowledge
Body Of Work
Out Of Context
Dancemap
Grip
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

The Body of Work podcast of STUK explores the joys and challenges of dance heritage work.

The first season focuses on dance repertory from the dancers' perspective.

The transmission of dance from body to body, audience to audience, is what keeps dance alive. Repertory - choreographies from the past, revived, and performed again in the present - is a way of connecting us to work from the past. more

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In this introductory episode we lay out the episodes of this season of the Body of Work podcast, and take the opportunity to speak with Delphine Hesters, coordinator of dance heritage at STUK.

Sound featured in the episode: Stage recordings from Bar... more

THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER, by Jan Martens, premiered in 2014. Now, 11 years later, this complex and exhausting choreography has returned to the stage as THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER 2.0.

During the final month of rehearsals before the premiere, we went into th... more

Rosas, the dance company of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, has developed an extensive and diverse repertoire over the years. This means that Rosas provides a rich case study to explore questions of repertory. We can examine the various roles in the repe... more

When we think of dance repertoire, we think of pieces that are passed on from generation to generation. But Alain Platel’s Out of Context – For Pina is different. After premiering in 2010 and touring the world extensively, its time on stage was due t... more

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Naomi Gibson
Dancer; member of The Dog Days Are Over cast
Rosso/Jan Martens project (as introduced)
Episode: Introduction. Welcome to Body of Work. Doing Dance Heritage
Ross McCormack
Dancer
Rosas; one of three dancers sharing Out of Context, For Pina
Episode: Introduction. Welcome to Body of Work. Doing Dance Heritage
Tale Dolven
Dancer
Antrezа de Quezmarque (Faze)
Episode: Introduction. Welcome to Body of Work. Doing Dance Heritage
Madeline Ritter
Dance map initiator; researcher
DanceMap
Episode: Introduction. Welcome to Body of Work. Doing Dance Heritage
Jan Martens
Choreographer of The Dog Days Are Over
The Dog Days Are Over (work)
Episode: Episode 1. Jumping through time. Transmitting THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER
Steven Michel
Performer and co-artistic director at GRIP
GRIP
Episode: Episode 1. Jumping through time. Transmitting THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER
Elisha Mercelina
Dancer working on Dog Days 2.0
GRIP / Dog Days Are Over revival
Episode: Episode 1. Jumping through time. Transmitting THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER
Dan Mussett
Dancer and collaborator in the revival
GRIP
Episode: Episode 1. Jumping through time. Transmitting THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER
Clinton Stringer
Dancer, rehearsal director at Rosas, and educator
Rosas, Parts
Episode: Episode 2. Dance archeology. Working with the repertory of Rosas

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Tessa Hall
Host of Body of Work, researcher-narrator and interviewer

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#71
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#106
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#127
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Episode 5. Doing dance heritage – a conversation
Q: How can archives help, and what should be archived?
Archives should include both material artifacts and the voices, memories, and arguments around dances, since the living body and its practice carry knowledge that cannot be fully captured by objects alone.
Episode 5. Doing dance heritage – a conversation
Q: What is Dance Heritage in practical terms beyond a definition?
Dance Heritage is about stories, embodied memory, and the ongoing transmission of movement across bodies and generations, balancing preservation with the living practice of dancing.
Episode 3. Out of Context - for Pina. What if we danced this work forever?
Q: What would it be like to perform this work forever, given the aging of the dancers?
They imagine continuing as long as possible, with adaptations to aging bodies, minimal set, and continuous dialogue about what the piece means at different life stages.
Episode 3. Out of Context - for Pina. What if we danced this work forever?
Q: So where are we in the story now regarding the endurance of Out of Context?
The group describes a deliberate annual reunion to perform the piece, maintaining its life by balancing aging bodies with evolving interpretations and shared histories.
Episode 2. Dance archeology. Working with the repertory of Rosas
Q: Why is there resistance to repertory in contemporary dance education, and can repertory still be valuable in a younger generation?
Resistance often stems from a drive for novelty; however, repertory teaches structural thinking, spatial composition, and historical context, and can be essential for developing a long-term, diverse, and critically informed practice in education.

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A thoughtful series centered on how live dance heritage is kept alive through transmission, rehearsal, archiving, and education. Across episodes, practitioners—dancers, choreographers, and scholars—discuss reviving repertory, passing techniques between generations, and sustaining long-running works. The conversations frequently touch on authorship, the human costs of demanding performances, access to heritage, and the role of institutions and networks in enabling transmission. Notable threads include the enduring life of pieces like The Dog Days Are Over and Fase, the balance between fidelity to original material and contemporary interpretation, and the tension between archival preservation and living practice. The show often features close... more

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