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The Background Dancer

Jason Yap

The Background Dancer sheds light on critical aspects underpinning the dance and performing arts industry through topics ranging from management, entrepreneurship, education, technology, fashion, choreography, politics, interdisciplinarity, media and wellness. Host Jason Yap details fascinating and useful information to help deepen your knowledge of all things offstage, while exploring and preparing together for a post-performance career. Listen in for a bi-weekly conversation with dance lovers from across Asia, Europe and the US, sharing experiences and practices that are both intimate and insightful. Jason is a dance artist, multidisciplinary producer and psychology graduate himself. Despite not pursuing it vocationally, he has still adopted many of psychology's approaches throughout his professional life - the concept of multiplicity and the performing arts as a 'whole that is bigger than the sum of its parts' ecosystem. Ready to talk all things dance? Join us as we begin to foreground Dance in the Background!
Episodes
Institutional Leadership and Culture | Pamela TatgeMarch 18, 2024
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Co-directing an International Festival | Wieland & PoulinasMarch 04, 2024
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Artunio Talks 4: Compromising Your Art for Exposure on Social? | Timotej VrabFebruary 27, 2023
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Artunio Talks 3: Is the Environment on Social Media Ridiculous? | Timotej VrabFebruary 20, 2023
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Artunio Talks 2: Does Social Media Downgrade Creativity? | Timotej VrabFebruary 13, 2023
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Artunio Talks 1: Is Social Media Suitable for Artists? | Timotej VrabFebruary 06, 2023
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Special: Dance & Failures | Why Dance? by J-CastJanuary 16, 2023
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Special: Dance & Business | Why Dance? by J-CastJanuary 02, 2023
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Special: Dance & The Future | Why Dance? by J-CastDecember 19, 2022
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Special: Dance & Interdisciplinarity | Why Dance? by J-CastDecember 05, 2022
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Special: Dance & Community | Why Dance? by J-CastNovember 21, 2022
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Special: Dance & Education | Why Dance? by J-CastNovember 07, 2022
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Special: Dance & Philosophy | Why Dance? by J-CastOctober 17, 2022
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Special: Dance & Technology | Why Dance? by J-CastOctober 03, 2022
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Special: Dance & Leadership | Why Dance? by J-CastSeptember 19, 2022
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Special: Dance & Protest | Why Dance? by J-CastSeptember 05, 2022
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Special: Dancers' Adversities | J-CastAugust 15, 2022
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Special: The ThesisAugust 01, 2022
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Special: Cultural Wars of the Invasion | Oleksandra KorotchukJune 06, 2022
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Finale: Becoming the Background | Season Round-upMarch 01, 2022
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Finale: Ask Jason | Ask Me Anything SpecialMarch 01, 2022
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Politics: Charting Migration and Identity | Henry DanielJanuary 24, 2022
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Politics: Navigating Power Dynamics | Sarah RubidgeJanuary 10, 2022
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Education: Learning to Learn Better | Zebas Mendez MarinDecember 20, 2021
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Education: Reframing Research in Academia | Mohd AnisDecember 06, 2021
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