TOGETHER ALONE PODCAST

Meet Sanna Blennow, a choreographer, artist, and educator (amongst other things), currently based in Copenhagen working here and (t)here.

I've known Sanna since my early twenties; we met though a mutual friend and stayed in touch. There's something to say about staying in touch, about the influence of time on a relationship, about how there's no relationship without time, 'how can we know relationship from time.' There's something to say about witnessing people in their omni-directional development, not because you ever intended to do so, but because here you are, in "the future," noticing your own admiration, your own awe. There's something to say about (unintended) (emergent) (wonderful) friendship. Maybe this episode is a testament to all these things.

links:
www.samesizeworks.com
www.pavleheidler.com

Meet Alexa Solveig Mardon, a dancer, choreographer, and an organiser (amongst other things)lives as an uninvited guest on the illegally occupied Coast Salish territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ peoples.

I had the pleasure and the privilege of meeting Alexa in April 2019, during my visit to Turtle Island. Alexa and I met recorded this episode using ZOOM in March of 2020.

more info:
www.alexasolveigmardon.com/
unistoten.camp/media/invasion/
www.pavleheidler.com

***musical score by Sunna Ardal and Josef Ask***

Meet Amelia Ehrhardt, a dancer, choreographer, curator, and teacher working and living in Tkaranto, on land that is and has been the territory of the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and other Indigenous peoples documented and undocumented. Amelia is currently the Curator at Dancemakers, a choreographic residency and research centre and has recently premiered their new creation, a solo entitled "plain nature".

I had the chance to meet Amelia on my visit to Toronto last April. Amelia and I sat down and recorded this interview on their recent visit to Stockholm.

more info:
www.ameliaehrhardt.net
www.pavleheidler.com

***musical score by Sunna Ardal and Josef Ask***

Meet Deirdre Morris, a Massachusetts-based artist and executive director of Earthdance Creative Living, whom I got the chance to get lost in a conversation about creativity and art-making, about life purpose and deep goals, and finding the balance between the intimate and the professional need.

Time. Time is of essence.

more info:
theforgottenbody.com
earthdance.net
www.pavleheidler.com
pavleheidler.com/episode-three-deirdre-morris

***pavle's trip to the US, and the making of this episode, was made possible with the support of The Swedish Arts Grants Committee***

***musical score by Sunna Ardal and Josef Ask***

Meet Skye Reynolds, an Australian-born Scottish dance artist and educator, whom pavle had the chance to work with on Anne Carsons' translation of Sappho's poetry at DanceBase Edinburgh in April of 2018.

Skye and pavle engage in a lengthy conversation following the sharing of their stage work at DanceBase's Residency. To get an insight (video material) into the work they've done during the week, check out the link below.

vimeo.com/album/5123663


more info:
pavleheidler.wordpress.com/episode-two/
www.skyereynolds.com
www.dancebase.co.uk


***musical score by Sunna Ardal and Josef Ask***

The first episode of the TOGETHER ALONE PODCAST starts with an attempt to capture the aim of this obviously very experimental podcast. Except that it doesn't. The episode starts with an awkward "hello" in which I had a hard time giving my focus exclusively to human beings. Saying hello, I was suddenly very aware of the fact that us humans tend to never be alone. Consider this: apart from keeping friends, and pets, we have established a more or less symbiotic relationships with a plethora of organisms that live in our digestive system, our eyelashes, in our blood, etc.

The bulk of the episode is focused on the Swedish-based choreographer and dance-artist Mira Mutka and the work she's been doing on the notion and the practice of slowness.

You can find out more about Mira and her work here: miramutka.com.

more info about this episode:
pavleheidler.wordpress.com/episode-one/

***music score by Sunna Ardal and Josef Ask***