Audio interview

Un morceau de chocolat with Linda Rabin and Rachel Harris

Date
October 2024
Recording
Maude Archambault-Wakil
Length
34 min 28
Production
Espace Perreault with the collaboration of Collectif Legs

The second episode of the podcast about Linda Rabin’s pedagogical and artistic legacy, the opus brings together Rachel Harris and Linda Rabin for a discussion moderated by the lively Lucie Boissinot.

At age 17, after a one-week internship in Vancouver with Linda Rabin, Rachel Harris’s life was forever changed: the meeting was so decisive in the young dancer’s life that it prompted her to leave her hometown, move to Montréal and register at LADMMI (EDCM). Just like her classes, Linda Rabin, a voracious researcher, nourished and inspired the artist in her quest for autonomy and authenticity. After Linda’s classes, which evolved from technique classes to Body-Mind Centering and Continuum, and with Linda’s sustained support, Rachel Harris now approaches movement exclusively from within, listening to the inner sensations of her body. (in French)

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Un morceau de chocolat avec Linda

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Interviews between Linda Rabin and artists touched by her work, hosted by Lucie Boissinot This series of encounters brings together dance artists to explore the pedagogical and artistic legacy of Linda Rabin, a pioneer of dance in Canada. The collective formed by Emmanuelle Bourassa Beaudoin,…

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