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Dance as a discipline that channels spiritual information: With Peter Chin (RECAP)

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: March 29, 2023 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor:  Amber Downie-Back Featured Guest(s): Peter Chin This week, as the Turn Out Radio Team works behind the scenes, we throwback to our June 22, 2022 broadcast with Peter Chin. On this episode, the award-winning multidisciplinary artist shares about his work […]

The practice of intimacy coordination: With Anisa Tejpar (RECAP)

Live on CIUT 89.5 FM   Airing Date: March 22, 2023 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor:  Amber Downie-Back Featured Guest(s): Anisa Tejpar This week, with the Turn Out Radio Team working behind the scenes, we throwback to our December 7, 2022 interview. On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Anisa Tejpar who […]

Restorative culture: With Johnathan Morin

Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: March 15, 2023 Hosted By: Travis Knights (Guest host) Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor:  Amber Downie-Back Featured Guest(s): Johnathan Morin On this episode, guest host Travis Knights sits down with Johnathan Morin (Co-Artistic Director and Producer of Rhythm & Sound) to discuss tap dance, healing, and the […]

Cultural reclamation, identity, and ceremony: With Dr. Blessyl Buan

Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: March 8, 2023 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor:  Amber Downie-Back Featured Guest(s): Dr. Blessyl Buan On this episode, our guest Dr. Blessyl Buan opens up about her current dance research and creation, “Rara: Reweaving Diasporic Futures” which explores themes of cultural reclamation, identity, and ceremony through the […]

To begin: A journey in self love and healing: With Sakina Ibrahim (RECAP)

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: March 1, 2023 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor:  Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Sakina Ibrahim This week, with the Turn Out Radio Team working behind the scenes, we throwback to our October 27, 2021 interview. On this episode, host Nicole Inica Hamilton sits down with Sakina […]

Codifying our dances: With Vivine Scarlett, Travis Knights, Zahra Harriet Badua and Thomas Talawa Prestø (RECAP)

Live on CIUT 89.5 FM   Airing Date: February 22, 2023 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor:  Amber Downie-Back Featured Guest(s): Vivine Scarlett, Travis Knights, Zahra Harriet Badua and Thomas Talawa Prestø This week, with the Turn Out Radio Team working behind the scenes, we throwback to our November 16, 2022 interview. On this episode, Turn Out […]

The legacy of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: With Robert Battle

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: February 1, 2023 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor:  Amber Downie-Back Featured Guest(s): Robert Battle On this episode, Robert Battle, Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater sits down with Turn Out Radio to discuss the legacy of the company, his historical journey, and the repertoire work […]

Celebrating the 33rd annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance: With Vivine Scarlett and John Alleyne

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: January 25, 2023 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor:  Amber Downie-Back Featured Guest(s): Vivine Scarlett and John Alleyne On this episode, Vivine Scarlett, founder of dance Immersion opens up about IABD’s 33rd annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance, it’s beginnings, and how it […]

Mental skills training, and the intersection of well-being and mindfulness: With Lauren Ritchie

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: January 18, 2023 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton Assistant Production Manager/ Editor:  Amber Downie-Back   Featured Guest(s): Lauren Ritchie On this episode, guest Lauren Ritchie opens up about mental skills training, mental performance, and the intersection of well-being and mindfulness. About Lauren Ritchie: Lauren Ritchie (MEd, BA, ESFCC) is an […]

Elevating and purpose: With Chloe and Maud Arnold (RECAP)

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: December 28, 2022 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton   Assistant Production Manager/ Editor:  Amber Downie-Back Featured Guest(s): Chloe and Maud Arnold On this episode listen to the re-airing of our 2020 interview with Chloe and Maud Arnold of Syncopated Ladies, as they open up about purpose, legacy, elevating artists, […]

Upliftment in the IABD audition space: With Nabachwa Ssensalo and Jamal Story

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: December 21, 2022 Host/ Producer: Nicole Inica Hamilton   Assistant Production Manager/ Editor:  Amber Downie-Back Featured Guest(s): With Nabachwa Ssensalo and Jamal Story On this episode, International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) Audition Artistic Leads Nabachwa Ssensalo and Jamal Story discuss the audition space, measures of self-care prep for […]

The practice of intimacy coordination: With Anisa Tejpar

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: December 7, 2022 Hosted By: Nicole Inica Hamilton Featured Guest(s): Anisa Tejpar On this episode, Anisa Tejpar shares how her work as an Intimacy Coordinator and Director, focuses on creating brave spaces, defining consent, and filtering care for those onstage, the bystanders in the studio, and the audiences who watch, […]

Exploring “IN-WARD”: With Alexandra ‘Spicey’ Landé

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: December 1, 2022 Hosted By: Nicole Inica Hamilton Featured Guest(s): Alexandra ‘Spicey’ Landé On this episode, Alexandra ‘Spicey’ Landé opens up about “IN-WARD” which plunges audiences into the deep waters of the human psyche, portraying the overlapping of feelings and the subtle contradictions of the unconscious mind. DanceWorks presents IN-WARD on […]

The practice of conscious leadership: With Ali Phillips

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: November 30, 2022 Hosted By: Nicole Inica Hamilton Featured Guest(s): Ali Phillips On this episode, Ali Phillips opens up about the practice of conscious leadership and its potential to be paramount in innovation, creativity, motivation and service. About Ali Phillips: Ali Phillips is a passionate Dancer, Teacher and Leader […]

Codifying our dances: With Vivine Scarlett, Travis Knights, Zahra Harriet Badua and Thomas Talawa Prestø

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: November 16, 2022 Hosted By: Nicole Inica Hamilton Featured Guest(s): Vivine Scarlett, Travis Knights, Zahra Harriet Badua and Thomas Talawa Prestø On this episode, Turn Out Radio and dance Immersion have partnered to explore critical considerations when codifying dances of the African Diaspora. About Vivine Scarlett: Vivine is an administrator […]

Creating on and beyond the stage: With Allen and Karen Kaeja

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: November 9, 2022 Hosted By: Nicole Inica Hamilton Featured Guest(s): Allen and Karen Kaeja On this episode, co-artistic Directors of Kaeja d’Dance Allen and Karen Kaeja sit down on the show to open up about their creative and personal paths both on and beyond the stage. About Allen Kaeja: […]

DCD Hall of Fame celebration: With Rhodnie Désir and Alejandro Ronceria

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: September 28, 2022 Hosted By: Nicole Inica Hamilton Featured Guest(s): Rhodnie Désir and Alejandro Ronceria On this episode, DCD Hall of Fame Inductees Rhodnie Désir and Alejandro Ronceria share thoughts on their induction, and the creative practices that inform, and serve their work and community. About Rhodnie Désir: Choreographer-documentalist and […]

Belonging, land and the preservation of traditions: With Victoria Mata

  Live on CIUT 89.5 FM Airing Date: September 21, 2022 Hosted By: Nicole Inica Hamilton Featured Guest(s): Victoria Mata On this episode, Victoria Mata shares thoughts about Cacao | A Venezuelan Lament, the new live performance work about belonging, land and the preservation of traditions. This discussion opens up insight into the lived realities of Venezuela’s cacao farmers, and the […]

Celebrating the 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards

September 20, 2022 The 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards occurred on September 19, 2022 before a live audience in Toronto, Ontario at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre, in the Elgin Theatre. The highly anticipated event hosted this year by award-winning actor and director Sabryn Rock, celebrated excellence in Toronto theatre, dance and opera. A […]

CaribbeanTales International Film Festival celebrates 17 years with an ‘Ah-wakening’ reveal.

September 19, 2022 This year marks the 17th edition of the CaribbeanTales Film Festival (CTFF).  The festival which runs from September 7-23, 2022 at the Carlton Cinema, located at 20 Carlton Street in Toronto, celebrates the talents of established and emerging filmmakers of Caribbean and African heritage who practice their art across the Caribbean Diaspora worldwide. The festival media launch occurred […]