EPISODE · Oct 14, 2025 · 38 MIN
Tamar Rogoff, New York Filmmaker and Choreographer: Drop Dead... Gorgeous!
from “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey · host Joanne Carey
Join "Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest Tamar Rogoff.In this episode of "Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey, host Joanne Carey interviews Tamar Rogoff, a renowned dancer and choreographer, about her extensive career in dance, her influences, and her upcoming performance 'Drop Dead ...Gorgeous.' which is a multimedia dance performance that explores our obsession with the one “perfect“ youthful body and the intersection of money, media and madness that keeps us going to greater and greater lengths in the hopes of finding happiness in the mirror. Joanne and Tamar discuss the importance of storytelling in dance, the impact of social media on body image, and the need for diversity and body positivity in the dance community. They discuss the unique way Tamar is presenting this new work. Tamar shares her journey through various dance forms and her reflections on the insecurities that many face regarding their bodies. The conversation also touches on the significance of audience engagement through talkbacks and the collaborative nature of creating art.Tamar Rogoff is a New York filmmaker and choreographer who explores the outer limits of how people negotiate extreme circumstances. Rogoff’s large scale site works, films, and more traditional proscenium performances house her life-long experimental process. The Ivye Project took place in Belarus, at the mass graves of Rogoff’s relatives killed in the Holocaust. This became the subject of Summer in Ivye, a documentary by Rogoff and Daisy Wright which screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival. Rogoff choreographed a solo at P.S.122 for Claire Danes, and was her movement coach in HBO's Emmy award winning movie Temple Grandin. Rogoff was a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Fellow where she worked with Daisy Wright on Enter The Faun. Rogoff’s methods of release through unorthodox body practices address protagonist Mozgala’s cerebral palsy. The documentary, Enter the Faun, toured festivals and was broadcast on PBS America Reframed and in Belgium. Rogoff’s short, Wonder About Merri, won “Most Daring Film” at Dare to Dance in Public Festival.Rogoff received grants from National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller, Fledgling Fund and is a Guggenheim Fellow. She teaches at LaMama and NYU’s Experimental Theater Wing. Rogoff was a founding member of Montreal’s Theater 1.More about Tamar Rogoffhttps://tamarrogoff.com/Tickets to the performance of Drop Dead Gorgeous at La Mama on Oct 17-Nov 2https://ci.ovationtix.com/42/production/1248081“Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Careywherever you listen to your podcasts. https://dancetalkwithjoannecarey.com/Follow Joanne on Instagram @westfieldschoolofdance Tune in. Follow. Like us. And Share. Please leave a review! “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey "Where the Dance World Connects, the Conversations Inspire, and Where We Are Keeping Them Real."
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Join "Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest Tamar Rogoff.In this episode of "Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey, host Joanne Carey interviews Tamar Rogoff, a renowned dancer and choreographer, about her extensive career in dance, her influences, and her upcoming performance 'Drop Dead ...Gorgeous.' which is a multimedia dance performance that explores our obsession with the one “perfect“ youthful body and the intersection of money, media and madness that keeps us going to greater and greater lengths in the hopes of finding happiness in the mirror. Joanne and Tamar discuss the importance of storytelling in dance, the impact of social media on body image, and the need for diversity and body positivity in the dance community. They discuss the unique way Tamar is presenting this new work. Tamar shares her journey through various dance forms and her reflections on the insecurities that many face regarding their bodies. The conversation also touches on the significance of audience engagement through talkbacks and the collaborative nature of creating art.Tamar Rogoff is a New York filmmaker and choreographer who explores the outer limits of how people negotiate extreme circumstances. Rogoff’s large scale site works, films, and more traditional proscenium performances house her life-long experimental process. The Ivye Project took place in Belarus, at the mass graves of Rogoff’s relatives killed in the Holocaust. This became the subject of Summer in Ivye, a documentary by Rogoff and Daisy Wright which screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival. Rogoff choreographed a solo at P.S.122 for Claire Danes, and was her movement coach in HBO's Emmy award winning movie Temple Grandin. Rogoff was a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Fellow where she worked with Daisy Wright on Enter The Faun. Rogoff’s methods of release through unorthodox body practices address protagonist Mozgala’s cerebral palsy. The documentary, Enter the Faun, toured festivals and was broadcast on PBS America Reframed and in Belgium. Rogoff’s short, Wonder About Merri, won “Most Daring Film” at Dare to Dance in Public Festival.Rogoff received grants from National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller, Fledgling Fund and is a Guggenheim Fellow. She teaches at LaMama and NYU’s Experimental Theater Wing. Rogoff was a founding member of Montreal’s Theater 1.More about Tamar Rogoffhttps://tamarrogoff.com/Tickets to the performance of Drop Dead Gorgeous at La Mama on Oct 17-Nov 2https://ci.ovationtix.com/42/production/1248081“Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Careywherever you listen to your podcasts. https://dancetalkwithjoannecarey.com/Follow Joanne on Instagram @westfieldschoolofdance Tune in. Follow. Like us. And Share. Please leave a review! “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey "Where the Dance World Connects, the Conversations Inspire, and Where We Are Keeping Them Real."
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