Emily Johnson Interview about "Heat and Life"
This morning I interviewed Emily Johnson the director of the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based dance company, Catalyst Dance. She discussed her latest work "Heat and Life" which deals with the subject of global warming. The next performance of this work will be at the Dance Theater Workshop in New York City on June 28th.
Click here to listen to audio interview (MP3 format - Stereo - 7.12 MB - 15:32 Minutes)
Emily Johnson - Background
Emily Johnson is the director of the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based dance company, Catalyst Dance. Since its founding in 1998, Emily, an Alaskan native, has choreographed dance works for her eight-member company that are both thought-provoking and entertaining.
With the contributions of poets, musicians, sculptors and video artists, Catalyst Dance has performed on stage, in parks, at art galleries, storefronts and bars.
"Heat and Life," which focuses on the topic of global warming, is Emily Johnson's latest creation and is in the midst of a 50-state tour since its debut in October 2004. Heat and Life combines movement, video and sound into a work this is part dance concert and part installation.
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Posted by Doug Fox on April 4, 2006 1:50 PM
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I am so impressed. I wish I was still presenting when I hear someone so impassioned about such an important issue who is making dances.
I am fascinated to hear about the wind farm piece, too. Where I live in Cleveland, we are researching freshwater wind to potentially be installed in Lake Erie. It would be the offshore wind for the Great Lakes region. Emily -- get your windfram work to The Fenner WindFarm in western NY. Maybe that would be close enough that we could bring you to Cleveland. There is also wind power at Bowling Green, Ohio (put there by GEO Green Energy Ohio) and there are some presenters out in Lima, Ohio (nearby) who have done innovative work. While in Chicago speak with Sadhu Johnson -- Chicago's Sustainability guy in the Mayor's office.
If you get to the Dance Hall in Cincinnati (Jeff James) I will travel to see you.