On this episode, guest co-host Travis Knights sits down with Turn Out Radio producer/ host Nicole Inica Hamilton for a discussion which takes a look into Hamilton’s career, loss, dreams, and intimate thoughts on her life beyond the stage. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in dance news at ww...
May 03, 2023•1 hr
On this episode, guest host Travis Knights sits down with Harikishan S Nair to discuss navigating culture within a multicultural society, his work within the community, and giving access and resources to the people who need it most. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in dance news at www.turn...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr
On this episode, guest host Travis Knights sits down with Johnathan Morin (Co-Artistic Director and Producer of Rhythm & Sound) to discuss tap dance, healing, and the Tap Love Tour documentary feature ‘Restorative Culture: Johnathan Morin.’ Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in dance news...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr
On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Dr. Blessyl Buan who opens up about her current dance research and creation, “Rara: Reweaving Diasporic Futures” which explores themes of cultural reclamation, identity, and ceremony through the interplay of natural materials and movement. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests ...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr
On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Sakina Ibrahim to discuss the power of self-care, sub-conscious programming, and healing. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in dance news at www.turnoutradio.com . Contact us at turnoutradio@ciut.fm . Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Ham...
Mar 01, 2023•58 min
On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Robert Battle, Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to discuss the legacy of the company, his historical journey, and the repertoire work which celebrates our common humanity. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in d...
Feb 01, 2023•58 min
On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Vivine Scarlett, founder of dance Immersion to discuss IABD's 33rd annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance, it’s beginnings, and how it supports dancers and dances of the African diaspora. This broadcast also features celebrated choreographer John Alleyne, who will be one of five individuals honored at the event. Each year IABD honors and celebrates dance leaders who have significantly impacted and influenced the ...
Jan 25, 2023•58 min
On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with guest Lauren Ritchie to open up about mental skills training, mental performance, and the intersection of well-being and mindfulness. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in dance news at www.turnoutradio.com . Contact us at turnoutradi...
Jan 18, 2023•59 min
On this episode, listen to the re-airing of our 2020 interview with Host Nicole Inica Hamilton and guests Chloe and Maud Arnold of Syncopated Ladies. This inspiring conversation opens up about purpose, legacy, elevating artists, their journey in dance, and more. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the la...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) Audition Artistic Leads Nabachwa Ssensalo and Jamal Story to discuss the audition space, measures of self-care prep for auditionees, and how the IABD is uplifting and providing opportunities through auditions for Blacks in dance. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the sta...
Dec 21, 2022•59 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Anisa Tejpar who shares how her work as an Intimacy Coordinator and Director focuses on creating brave spaces, defining consent, and filtering care for those onstage, the bystanders in the studio, and the audiences who watch, listen and are affected emotionally by weighted acts being performed. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and ...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with dancer, teacher, and CEO of BAMDance Ali Phillips, who opens up about the practice of conscious leadership and its potential to be paramount in innovation, creativity, motivation and service. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in danc...
Nov 30, 2022•58 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Vivine Scarlett, Travis Knights, Zahra Harriet Badua and Thomas Talawa Prestø to explore critical considerations when codifying dances of the African Diaspora. This episode is broadcasted in partnership with dance Immersion. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on eac...
Nov 16, 2022•59 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with co-artistic directors of Kaeja d'Dance, Allen and Karen Kaeja to open up about their creative and personal paths both on and beyond the stage. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in dance news at www.turnoutradio.com . Contact us at tu...
Nov 09, 2022•59 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Keanu Uchida and Leslie Scott Zanovitch to discuss the newly launched NEAMA (Non profit Education and Advocacy for the Movement Arts.) An organization whose mission is to support transformative change toward safer practices in the movement arts. ****This broadcast contains sensitive information and discussion regarding abuse. Listener discretion is advised. For questions related to this episode, please contact Turn Out Radio at turnoutra...
Oct 26, 2022•59 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Colleen Snell (Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Frog in Hand) who opens up about initiating art from a place of service, the power of site specific work, and the incubation of a new arts space launching in 2023 that will take the form of a geodesic dome. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our...
Oct 19, 2022•58 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with DCD Hall of Fame Inductees Rhodnie Désir and Alejandro Ronceria who share thoughts on their induction, and the creative practices that inform and serve their work and community. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in dance news at www....
Sep 28, 2022•59 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Victoria Mata who shares thoughts about Cacao | A Venezuelan Lament, the new live performance work about belonging, land and the preservation of traditions. This discussion opens up insight into the lived realities of Venezuela’s cacao farmers, and the tensions between remembering and forgetting. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on an...
Sep 21, 2022•59 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Nova Bhattacharya who opens up about how Svāhā! the epic pageant of dance, chant, and ritual, is bringing differences together. The discussion explores Bhattacharya’s thoughts on how dance, recitation, pulsating rhythms, and intense emotions are performed in the work with passion and precision to create a collage of moving images, offering metaphors for collaboration and care. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to j...
Sep 14, 2022•58 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton discusses the Legacy Tap Dance Concert which celebrates Black culture born from the Harlem Renaissance, with a genre-bending intergenerational cast led by Travis Knights, Lisa La Touche, and Donny Milwalkee. dance Immersion Curator & Program Director Timea Wharton-Suri, shares on the movement of the Legacy Series which examines the past, present and future of African Diasporic dance forms through reclamation, education, and celebration. Thank you f...
Aug 31, 2022•58 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Dr. Funmi Adewole Elliott who shares on the practice of dance requiring it’s own philosophical discourse, theorizing dances of the African diaspora in the professional context, and Africanic esthetics in choreographic practice. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on ...
Aug 24, 2022•58 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Lua Shayenne and Aïka Mathelier. This conversation opens up about the YENSA Festival which has a mission to highlight choreographic work by black women choreographers around the globe, and the accompanying research/process which led to developing their creative practices. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn...
Aug 17, 2022•58 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Andrew Tay, Artistic Director of Toronto Dance Theatre (TDT). This conversation highlights Tay's relocation to Toronto to begin his leadership at TDT, his critical thoughts on next steps at the company, and his performance and curatorial practices. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, th...
Aug 03, 2022•58 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Ronald A. Taylor & Collette ‘Coco’ Murray for a part two discussion on the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, and the intersection of emancipation, history and dance. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in dance news at www.turnoutradio.c...
Jul 27, 2022•59 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Ronald A. Taylor & Collette ‘Coco’ Murray to discuss the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, and it's intersection with emancipation, history and dance. The discussion also explores thoughts on education, spiritual connection, music, and considerations on how the roots of the diasporic celebration can be honored and carried forward. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore...
Jul 20, 2022•59 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Peggy Baker, Artistic Director of Peggy Baker Dance Projects. Since 1973, Baker has performed internationally in the works of esteemed Canadian and American choreographers, establishing Peggy Baker Dance Projects in 1990. This episode opens up intimate, and candid shares from Baker as she reflects upon her career, relationships, and where her journey has led her to in this season. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you ...
Jul 13, 2022•59 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with professional dancer and choreographer, Amanda May. Don't miss this episode as May shares thoughts on intention, purpose, and the work she is committed to in the field. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in dance news at www.turnoutrad...
Jul 06, 2022•58 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with award-winning multidisciplinary artist, Peter Chin. This episode opens up shares on Chin's work as the founder and artistic director of the dance-driven interdisciplinary company Tribal Crackling Wind, and the NKK Dance Centre, an international dance and spiritual performance centre in Siem Reap Cambodia. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live b...
Jun 22, 2022•59 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Dainty Smith (Storyteller, Actor, Performer, Playwright, Producer & Founder of Les Femmes Fatales) to open up about the politics of desirability, Burlesque, and empowerment. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live both on and beyond the stage. Learn more about our show, the guests featured on each episode, and the latest in dance news at www....
May 18, 2022•57 min
On this episode, Host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with renowned Principal Dancer and Choreographic Associate at The National Ballet of Canada, Guillaume Côté. Tune in for a discussion on Côté’s latest cutting-edge contemporary dance creation CRYPTO. The ground-breaking work that explores forced displacement and the human need to control and transform beauty. Thank you for tuning in to Turn Out Radio. We invite you to join us each week for the broadcast, as we explore the stories that live bo...
May 11, 2022•58 min
