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From the Top

From the Top podcast

From the Top is a podcast from IG HOP, a swing dance collective based in Vienna, Austria. It looks at the big issues in contemporary swing dance culture. Researched, produced and presented b...

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Listen to From the Top, a Arts podcast by From the Top podcast. Stream 13 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episodes

13 episodes are available for this podcast.

Episodes

13 episodes

Swing dance and drugs

Drugs don't seem to play a big role in the swing dance community but they are there - though it's mostly just cannabis and other soft drugs....

00:12:45Oct 19, 2017

Small and tall

A person's height affects all aspects of their life, and it matters when it comes to dancing, too. We hear from both ends of the spectrum. *...

00:14:08Aug 29, 2017

Swing dance and disability

Swing dancing may seem like a carefree world that is "open to all" but even some perfectly fit and healthy people can have a hard time enter...

00:21:57Jun 5, 2017

The economy of swing dance

Swing dancing seems far removed from the daily grind of business life but in fact it's just as much about money and value as any other human...

00:20:36Apr 25, 2017

A world without borders

We return to the topic of globalisation with an episode that is full of stories of border-crossing. From London to Vienna to Leipzig to Seou...

00:24:47Feb 8, 2017

Anaïs Sékiné: swinging academic

In this fourth of our special series, we talk to Anaïs Sékiné, a dancer and researcher (or, to use her own definition, a dancing researcher)...

00:05:41Dec 14, 2016

Swing dance: art or what?

Swing dance isn't usually classified as art. This title is normally applied to ballet, tango, folk dance or contemporary dance. But is this...

00:21:25Nov 26, 2016

Dave King: loving irony

Drummer and composer Dave King is perhaps best-known as a co-founder and one-third of the U.S. jazz trio The Bad Plus. He has also co-founde...

00:11:57Oct 18, 2016

Travel and swing dance

In this our summer-minded episode, we look at something that binds us all together: travel. Man's deep-rooted desire to travel and explore,...

00:11:32Jul 7, 2016

Alina Sokulska: Rebel Rebel

In this second of our special features, we hear from Alina Sokulska about how she sees herself in the world of swing and jazz dance. Origina...

00:04:49May 19, 2016

Video and swing dance

Modern swing dancing has been deeply influenced by the rapid dissemination of video content and the corresponding revolution in video record...

00:14:52May 8, 2016

Take Five: the other side of the story

Jean-Charles Zambo, a.k.a. Joyss, shot to overnight fame after this video of his Take Five routine at Montreal Swing Riot 2015 went viral. w...

00:03:54Mar 29, 2016

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