Show Notes: HIDEAWAY Podcast Show Notes
Episode 15- Mari Madrid, choreographer, dancer, and artist
Mari Madrid is one half of an unbelievable choreography team with her husband Keone. She’s choreographed and danced all over the world including for Justin Bieber, Ellen Degeneres, So You Think You Can Dance, and now HIDEAWAY’s upcoming production Slumber. If you enjoy today's episode, please rate us on iTunes and share the podcast with your friends. Have a great week!
Show Notes:
• [07:47] - Mari starts dancing in her parents house
• [11:02] - Mari the trouble making cheerleader!
• [15:11] - How Mari’s love of literature informs her choreography
• [23:00] - The culture of dance teams
• [25:07] - Keone and Mari meet for the first time
• [30:40] - Powerful feminine dancing
• [37:01] - How Youtube effected Mari’s career
• [46:46] - Keone and Mari’s 15 video series, Preface
• [49:10] - Keone and Mari’s new eBook!
Mari’s Recommendations:
An American In Paris
Wildwood
Episode 14- Christian Stoinev, fifth generation circus performer
Christian Stoinev is a fifth generation circus artist who performs an unbelievable handstand act with his chihuahua, Scooby! You may have seen him as a finalist on last season’s America’s Got Talent. Josh & Lyndsay called up Christian to talk about his career, training your pets to learn circus tricks, and life growing up in the circus. If you enjoy the show, please share it with your friends and rate us on iTunes. Have a great week!
• [05:41] - Life growing up in the circus
• [13:45] - How Scooby (the chihuahua) became a circus dog
• [18:15] - Training Percy to replace Scooby
• [23:08] - Christian does America’s Got Talent
• [36:34] - The impact of a traditional university on a circus kid
• [39:10] - Why Christian is heading to Los Angeles
Christian’s act on America’s Got Talent: https://youtu.be/TwNTJsCvT2c
Christian’s Recommendations:
Cirque Du Soleil
Le Reve
Josh and Lyndsay phone up Katherine Kavanagh, circus critic and journalist at the Circus Diaries. Based primarily in the UK, Katherine has spent the last few weeks in the US researching American circus companies and culture. We talk about contemporary circus, how to write about it, and trends in the industry. If you enjoy the episode please rate us on iTunes and share it with your friends and community. Have a great week!
Show Notes:
• [06:42] - Kathrine gets a UK government grant to visit the US
• [08:35] - What’s the Circus Diaries?
• [10:30] - The challenges of writing about circus
• [15:46] - Why do we need circus criticism to exist
Katherine’s Recommendations:
Book: Semiotics of the Circus
Show: Circumfrence’s Shelter Me
Show: Crash Mat Collective’s Facade