Dance Behind The Screen
Where dance, technology, and creativity converge!
The Dance Behind the Screen Podcast (DBS) dives deep into thought-provoking conversations with world-class dancers, choreographers, scholars, digital innovators, social media influencers, and arts leaders. With a passion for pushing boundaries and saying “NO to the BOX,” the show inspires listeners to think creatively, embrace technology, and explore the evolving landscape of dance and the arts.
Available across multiple platforms including Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, and more, the Dance Behind the Screen Podcast brings together diverse voices from around the globe.
With over 10,000+ downloads and listeners in 44+ countries, the show has featured in-depth interviews with prominent guests such as Dr. Thomas F. DeFrantz (featured on Netflix's Explained), social media influencer Alessia Lugoboni, Xin Ying of the Martha Graham Dance Company, and Matt Kent, artistic director of Pilobolus, among others.
The podcast is recorded in-person and virtually, making it accessible to global audiences while connecting the dance community with innovative ideas, cutting-edge insights, and stories of inspiration.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 150
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 69 | Digitizing Dance History w/ Harmony Bench
On our fourth episode of ‘dance film’ month, your co-hosts Martheya and Azaria interview author and academic Dr. Harmony Bench. In this episode, we go behind the screen and talk about her book Perpet…
Episode 68 | Duet with Camera and Indian Classical Dance w/ Sumedha Bhattacharyya
On our third episode of ‘dance film’ month, your co-hosts Marthea, YeaJean, and Reyna interview interdisciplinary dance artist, educator, researcher and facilitator from New Delhi, India, Sumedha Bha…
Episode 67 | Talks with NBFF Filmmaker Awardee w/ Antoine Panier
On our second episode of ‘dance film’ month, your co-host YeaJean interviews Belgium dance artist and filmmaker, Antoine Panier. In this episode, we go behind the screen and talk about his multi awar…
Episode 66 | Talks with NBFF Filmmaker Awardee w/ Emma Cianchi
On our first episode of ‘dance film’ month, your co-host Reyna interviews Italian dance artist and filmmaker, Emma Cianchi. In this episode, we go behind the screen and talk about her dance film HIC …
Episode 65 | Talks with NBSS Filmmaker Awardee and Danielle Georgiou Dance Group w/ Danielle Georgiou
On our fourth episode of Interdisciplinary month, your co-hosts YeaJean and Martheya interview Dallas, Texas based choreographer/director, Danielle Georgiou. In this episode, we go behind the screen …
Episode 64 | Building Synchronous Objects w/ Norah Zuniga Shaw
On our third episode of Interdisciplinary month, your co-hosts YeaJean and Martheya interview artist, performer and creative director best known for her award-winning digital projects for physical id…
Episode 63 | Digital Dance Possibilities w/ Su Wen-Chi of YiLab
On our second episode of Interdisciplinary month, your co-host YeaJean interviews Taiwan choreographer, new media artist and the founder of YiLab, Su Wen-Chi. In this episode, we go behind the screen…
Episode 62 | Repetition and Durational Dance Making w/ Mette Edvardsen
On our first episode of Interdisciplinary month, your co-hosts Martheya and Azaria interview Norwegian choreographer and performer Mette Edvardsen. In this episode, we go behind the screen and talk a…
Episode 61 | Support for Black Futures w/ Thomas F. DeFrantz
On our fifth episode of Dance History month, your co-hosts Martheya and Azaria interview choreographer, performer and scholar Thomas DeFrantz. In this episode, we go behind the screen and talk about …
Episode 60 | Writing About Dance History w/ Ann Cooper Albright & Ann Dils
On our fourth episode of Dance History month, your co-hosts Martheya and Reyna interview Ann Cooper Albright and Ann Dils, co-editors of Moving History/Dancing Cultures: A Dance History Reader. In th…
Episode 59 | A Choreographers Handbook w/ Jonathan Burrows
On our third episode of Dance History month, your co-hosts Martheya and YeaJean interview Choreographer, Dancer, Author, and Associate Professor Jonathan Burrows. In this episode, we go behind the sc…
Episode 58 | Dance Pedagogy 101 w/ Matt Henley
On our second episode of Dance History month, your co-hosts YeaJean and Reyna interview dance scholar, and the Arnhold Associate Professor of Dance Education at Teachers College Columbia, Dr. Matt He…
Episode 57 | Presenting Indian Classical Dance w/ Mesma Belsaré
On our first episode of Dance History month, your co-hosts Martheya and Azaria interview dancer, painter and actor, described by The New York Times as "a tour de force...a true act of transcendence…”…
Episode 56 | #TeamDBS - Somatics & Self-Care
On our final episode of Somatics month, your co-hosts Martheya, YeaJean, Azaria, and Reyna go behind the screen and talk about somatic practices, self-care, body image, imposter syndrome, and how the…
Episode 55 | Mind Body Practices to Sustain a Performance Career w/ Sarah Gamblin
On our third episode of Somatics month, your co-hosts Martheya and YeaJean interview professional dancer and Professor of Dance, Sarah Gamblin. In this episode, we go behind the screen and talk about…
Episode 54 | Doctors for Dancers w/ Jennifer DePaola
On our second episode of Somatics month, your co-host Martheya interviews the Creator of Doctors For Dancers, Jennifer DePaola. In this episode, we go behind the screen and talk about dance injuries …
Episode 53 | Imagery & the Franklin Method to Improve Performance w/ Eric Franklin
On our first episode of Somatics month, your co-host YeaJean interviews Swiss Dancer, Movement Educator, University Lecturer, Writer and Founder of the Franklin Method, Eric Franklin. In this episode…
Episode 52 | Social Injustice, Black Lives Matter & Dance w/ Tim Wise
On this episode of Social Injustice, Black Lives Matter & Dance Pt 2, your co-hosts Reyna and Martheya interview Anti-Racism Educator and Author, Tim Wise. In this episode, we go behind the screen an…
Episode 51 | Centering Black Voices w/ Paloma McGregor
On this episode of Social Injustice, Black Lives Matter & Dance Pt 1, your co-hosts Azaria and Reyna interview Director of Angela's Pulse and Dancing While Black, Paloma McGregor. In this episode, we…
Episode 50 | #DBSRoundtable - COVID-19 & Dance
On our third episode of Dance Trends month, in celebration of our 50th episode of #dancebehindthescreen, your co-hosts Martheya, YeaJean, Azaria, and Reyna moderate a ‘COVID-19 & Dance’ roundtable wi…