DIYdancer, in partnership with Okay Let’s Unpack This, presents Vulnerable Resilience, an audio zine focused on dancer mental health. In this second chapter, listen to a young choreographer's journal entries about her experience with COVID, a tantalizing dreamscape, and a provocative discussion about trauma and healing in dance.
DIYdancer presents Vulnerable Resilience, an audio zine focused on dancer mental health.
In this second chapter, listen to choreographer Caitlin Burns' journal entries about her experience with COVID-19, a tantalizing dreamscape from longtime Dd contributor Alejandra Iannone, and a provocative discussion about trauma and healing in dance with Whistle While You Work, featuring writer and dramaturg Robyn Doty and international dance artists Frances Chiaverini, Julia Eichten, and Vânia Doutel Vaz.
Some segments will be preceded by content warnings to ensure everyone can listen safely. Mental health resources will be listed at the end of each episode.
Sound score by Morgan Bobrow-Williams and sound mixing by Stephanie Wolf, producer of DIYdancer’s UnSequenced podcast, with audio support from Justin Epstein of RYBG. Cover art by Tess Jenkins, with creative direction and graphic design from Lara Wilson and Celine Kiner. Vulnerable Resilience is produced by DIYdancer, with editorial direction by Candice Thompson, in partnership with Okay, Let’s Unpack This, a non profit dedicated to destigmatizing the conversation around dancer mental health, created in part through Gibney Company’s Advocacy Fellowship Program. Special thanks to sponsor MSeam Apparel.