Performing Capers
Podcasts with our Artistic Director, dancers and young people from The Body talking about the world of dance and performing arts
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2021
Episode 14: Performing Capers - Behind the scenes at Children's Capers
So far, we’ve had 81 Children’s Capers episodes and over 70k views…… and we aren’t stopping any time soon! On today’s podcast, Shaper/Caper’s Alex and Sarah take a deep dive into the creation and dev…
Episode 13: Performing Capers - Jorja and Myrthe from The Body talk about managing routines and habits during lockdown
On this week’s podcast episode we are joined by two of our Body members Jorja and Myrthe. They will be discussing Jorja’s recent blog created during the lockdown period with lots of tips and tricks i…
Episode 12: Performing Capers - Pride Month with Andromeda and Phoenix
As part of Pride month, our podcast features another member of The Body, Andromeda, joined by her brother Phoenix where they are discussing their thoughts around Pride both pre and post lockdown. The…
Episode 11: Performing Capers - Pride Month with Tommy, Alex, Eleanor and Myrthe
As Pride month draws to a close, today’s podcast is a bit of a trip across Europe! We have Artistic Director, Tommy and Dance Artist, Alex here in sunny Scotland joined by Body members Eleanor in Ger…
Episode 10: Performing Capers - Mindfulness with Shaper/Caper's Sarah and Dylan
In this Performing Capers podcast, Sarah Greene and Dylan Boswell, team members of Shaper/Caper, have a chat about all things Mindfulness. They discuss what it’s like leading a Mindfulness practise i…
Episode 9: Performing Capers - Clare & Lesley from our Youth Advisory Board talk about dance, disability and their experiences.
As lockdown continues, so does our Podcast Series! This week’s episode features another couple of members from our Youth Advisory Board ‘The Body’. We have recent dance degree graduates Lesley Howard…
Episode 8: Performing Capers - Training and Graduating During Lockdown with The Body members, Eleanor and Hannah
Today on ‘Performing Capers’ we have two members of our Youth Advisory Board, ‘The Body’, chatting about the experiences and difficulties dancers in training and recent dance graduates are facing dur…
Episode 7: Performing Capers - Tommy & Alex talk about Section 28, coming out and Madonna!
Tommy chats about what it was like to grow as gay man in the 80's during the AIDS crisis and the aftermath of Section 28 whilst Alex chats about their mum working as a charge Nurse during the crisis.…
Episode 6: Performing Capers - Vince & Lisa talk 9/11
In this episode, company dancers Lisa Hood and Vince Virr talk about their work with Tommy over the past few years. They talk about their experience of dancing in our show Within This Dust and where …
Episode 5: Performing Capers - A young person in conversation with a pro dancer
In this week’s podcast, we catch up with Harper, a 12 year old boy from Dundee who is taking part in our Hubbub project funded by Cashback for Communities. Harper has been working with one of our pr…
Episode 4: Performing Capers - The Body's creative responses to Paper Moon
In this week’s podcast, our Creative Learning Dance Artist, Sarah Greene and Dance Trainee, Alex McCrossan, talks to members of Shaper/Caper's Youth Advisory Council called The Body.
The Body have, on…
Episode 3: Performing Capers - Mid rehearsal week blether with cast of No Offence
This week we catch up with Tommy and the dancers as they research and develop a new show for young people aged 12 to 15 called ‘No Offence’ that explores LGBTQ issues in the 21st Century.
Episode 2: Performing Capers - After show chat with cast from Paper Moon
In this episode, we catch up with performers Rob and Miranda about the creative process of making Paper Moon for Cumbernauld Theatre.
Episode 1: Introducing The Body of Work
In our first every podcast, our Creative Learning Dance Artist, Sarah Greene, talks to members of Shaper/Caper's Youth Advisory Council called The Body.
The Body have been creating their own works of …