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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.

A trailer from international arts organisation Dash Arts' Artistic Director Josephine Burton on our LIVE episodes and the brand new content on the way.Find out more on our website: http://www.dasharts.org.uk/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.