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In this episode of the podcast we revisit our Dash Café ON THE BORDER, which explored the experience of living on the border through the prism of art, film, music, literature and economics.We reflected on the actual borders that existed for our speakers growing up on the edges of the Iron Curtain and today’s visible and invisible borders with Berlin-based author, composer and editor-in-chief of Flaneur Magazine Fabian Saul, visual artist Mariana Gordan (originally from Romania), Norwegian-born economist and Financial Times columnist Martin Sandbu and live music from Slovakian vocalist Lori Secanska and Greek-Cypriot guitarist Iakovos Loukas.For more information and episodes, head to our website hereGet Mariana Gordan's book State Property hereFabian Saul's project Traces of Resistance hereGet Martin Sandbu's new book The Economics of Belonging: A Radical Plan to Win Back the Left Behind and Achieve Prosperity for All hereWe are taking a much-needed Summer break from the podcast in August. In the meantime, we wish listeners a sunshine-filled August and we'll be back in September with more audio delights! Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to the podcast to help boost us in the charts!Originally recorded March 2019 at Rich Mix London, with support from Goethe-Institut London. Podcast artwork by Mariana Gordan.Dash Arts is a small charity that bridges divides between communities, cultures, borders and languages by creating incredible artistic experiences. Our work brings together international artists, nurtures new talent and tells powerful stories. Click here to find out more about how you can support our work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode threads together Ukrainian culture and history with memory, politics and the female perspective. We look at what we can learn about a country through the eyes of women; through their stories, songs and food. Cook borsch with Artistic Director Josephine Burton and chef Olia Hercules, whose beautiful new book of recipes Summer Kitchen has just been published by Bloomsbury, discover Ukrainian history and politics with prolific writer Oksana Zabuzhko, who has just released a book of fabulous short stories Your Ad Could Go Here, get some insight from the outgoing director of the Ukrainian Institute in London, journalist Marina Pesenti, and listen to the music and stories of musician Mariana Sadovska.Download the borsch recipe here to cook along with the podcast.Head to our website here to see images of us making borsch, our guests and their books.Buy Olia Hercules' book Summer KitchenBuy Oksana Zabushko's book Your Ad Could Go Here Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe - it helps other listeners find us and boosts us in the charts!Listen to more episodes at www.dasharts.org.uk/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this LIVE episode from our 100th Dash Café (January 2020) we delve into the life and legacy of French Surrealist icon Dora Maar.The photographer and artist’s radical work strikingly depicts the anxieties of interwar Europe and the internal horrors of the mind. Yet Maar was often overlooked, her role as Picasso’s lover and ‘weeping woman’ dominating world view, until now.In January 2020 a major exhibition of her work travelled from the Centre Pompidou to the Tate Modern, introducing many to her work for the first time.In this episode Dash Arts Artistic Director Josephine Burton talks to the exhibition's curators Damarice Amao and Karolina Lewandowska, along with discussion and performances from poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley and Finnish musician Marouf Majidi. With Poet in the City and support from TelepART and Institut Francais Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our brand new podcast episode Django Reinhardt: Music, Myth and Reality is a journey into the life of the genius jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt.With a host of international musicians performing entirely new music for the podcast, we look at the life of the Roma musician who survived personal tragedy and World War II to become a leading figure in 20th century jazz.Hosted by our Artistic Director Josephine Burton, this episode features authors Michael Dregni and Garth Cartwright, Roma activist Mania Malik, theatre director Alessandra Davison and musicians Dave Kelbie, Joe Townsend, Aurore Voilique, Tcha Limberger, Don Vappie and Dario Napoli.Make sure you like, subscribe, rate, review and share after listening to help boost us in the charts and get the podcast out to more people.FULL SONG CREDITS HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's LIVE episode we delve into Brussels; the complex, cosmopolitan, interconnected city that's home to the EU.We look at the city's troubling history with colonialism, explore the impact of the European Union HQ on its inhabitants and architecture, and hear from artists living and creating change in the city.Hosted by our Artistic Director Josephine Burton, this episode features prominent academic and activist Eric Corijn, poet Elisabeth Severino Fernandes (aka Miss Elli) and writer and journalist Owen Hatherley.Make sure you like, subscribe, rate, review and share after listening to help boost us in the charts and get the podcast out to more people! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eurovision might have been cancelled, but not at Dash Arts! In this LIVE episode we head back to our Eurovision Dash Café last year for an entertaining rundown of its history.Hear from Dr Eurovision (aka Paul Jordan, who did his PhD on the subject) performance artist Richard DeDomenici, our Artistic Director Josephine Burton and our audience, plus BRAND NEW interviews with Tom Taylor of the celebrity-clad Isolation Song Contest and an update from Richard DeDomenici on his new virtual event, the Coronavision Song Contest.Make sure you like, subscribe, rate, review and share after listening to help boost us in the charts and get the podcast out to more people!LINKS:Head to our website to see images and videos of the Eurovision moments mentioned in this episode at: http://www.dasharts.org.uk/podcastHear Richard DeDomenici's Eurovision Talk: https://youtu.be/uhfSib_NU8U Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our first tailor-made podcast episode Art in adversity: Tadeusz Kantor's fighting spirit delves into the work of Polish artist and theatre maker Tadeusz Kantor, whose work inspired the likes of Joseph Beuys (whom Kantor worked closely with), choreographer Pina Bausch and theatre company Complicité, to name a few.Kantor made work under extraordinarily challenging times. Under the Nazi occupation of Poland, he founded the Independent Underground Theatre, and later carried on creating work throughout Poland’s communist regime. Dash Arts Artistic Director Josephine Burton investigates how he navigated the politics and continued to create, and what we can take from Kantor during our own challenging times.We speak to Natalia Zarzecka, Director of Cricoteka (Centre for Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor) in Krakow, Puppeteer Nenagh Watson, filmmaker Duncan Ward and producer and director David Gothard, all of whom worked with Kantor, as well as Dr Mischa Twitchin, who teaches Polish Theatre at Goldsmiths University.Make sure you like, subscribe, rate, review and share after listening to help boost us in the charts and get the podcast out to more people.To see Duncan's films of Kantor and clips to videos of Kantor's work, please head to our website at http://www.dasharts.org.uk/podcast where you can also find more information and podcast episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a time where talk of change and revolution is on everyone's lips, we revisit our November 2019 Dash Café, which explored the impact of the 1989 revolution that caused the collapse of the Soviet Union, 30 years on. Through the prism of artists, filmmakers and writers from across the Czech Republic and Slovakia, we asked whether that extraordinary spirit of activism still exists today.Speakers included Tereza Nvotová, Zuzana Kepplová, Ondřej Štindl and diplomat Monika MacDonagh-Pajerova, who discussed the impact of this legacy on their work and whether it continues to have an impact today.This event was created in partnership with the Czech Centre and The Embassy of Slovak Republic, part of events celebrating the 30th anniversary of 1989.The night featured insightful conversation about the countries who revolted and joined the EU, just as we face leaving it.Edited by Martina Šimkovičová, Radio Slovakia International. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When art sets out to make a social or environmental impact – are we ticking boxes or are we changing the world?In February 2020 we were joined by theatre director and Dash Associate Artist Sophie Austin, Dr Michele Aaron (Screening Rights Film Festival)and Co-founders of Birmingham-based collective MAIA Group Amahra Spence and Amber Caldwell to delve into the challenges of activism through art, and look at the tension between art for art’s sake and art as a means to an end.This event was also accompanied by music from Ukrainian singer-songwriter Iryna Muha, which you can listen to here: https://irynamuha.co.ukRecorded at Warwick Arts Centre. Live event commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre.Find out more about Dash Arts by heading to our website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In February 2019, Dash Arts' Café Destination Europe focused on questions of contemporary European identity, with Brexit as a backdrop. We brought together actors, writers and film directors from across Europe for a conversation. A year on, post the UK’s departure from the EU, these questions are just as pertinent.What does it mean to be European? And what does Europe mean for those who were born outside of it? We premiered short films by the phenomenal Swedish actress and filmmaker Bahar Pars and our Artistic Director, Josephine Burton, hosted a panel discussion with Bahar, alongside Nanna Blondell, who stars in one of Bahar's shorts; actor, writer and translator Houda Echouafni; and Tom Green of Counterpoints Arts.Recorded at Rich Mix.Live event supported by the Embassy of Sweden in London, and Rich Mix.Head to our website to watch Bahar Pars' films and find out more: http://www.dasharts.org.uk/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.