‘Desire is the presence of absence’
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Brian Nuckols on the Peace Now podcast, the episode Exploring Desire, Otherness, and Transformation through Dance can now be heard.
A miscellany of podcast appearances
A selection of old and recent podcast appearances, discussing the myriad aspects of my practice: the magic of the body, dance and performance, sex and the erotic, and Babalon.
On butô, body and movement
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Darragh Mason for his Spirit Box podcast. We talk about butô, movement and consciousness in relation to magic and interaction with spirit(s).
Dance, magic, publishing
A conversation on my background, its influence on my creative process and serpentine artistic path, with Vic Hyland on his Creative podcast.
Incantations: The mystical body
In March I joined philosopher Jason Mohaghegh for a conversation on the place of the mystic and the body in our modern surveillance cities.
The Heretic: Body
A heretical perspective on the body, opening with a discussion of the work and writings of Tatsumi Hijikata as the catalyst for my dance and choreographic praxis.
Behind the veil
A conversation with Amelia Quint for the Bad Astrologers podcast. We talk about my dance and publishing, Babalon and the dark feminine, lunar magic and navigating turbulent times.
Dark radiance
A conversation with Mary Grace Allerdice on the homebody podcast, about dance, exploring the daimonic space, the occulted body, and erotic eschatology.
The flesh of the world
The work of the feet is of primary importance; the foot connects us to the earth, bringing our flesh into sensuous relation with the world. Dance, drama, ritual all begin with this step.
The god in the body
Many of the traditional theatrical and dance forms of Asia have their origins in mediumistic and exorcism rituals, in which there is a clear affinity between the medium, shaman or magician and the puppet: both are intercessors between the human and spirit worlds…