Description: Vicki Crain is a writer based in Chicago, IL. she's a former dancer, teacher, receptionist, hostess, bartender, office manager, marketing manager, dance captain…oh, and a life-long Bears fan. she got her B.A. in English while teaching and performing. For the last 15 years, she has written for many publications and worked for The Joffrey Ballet. she's something of an arts unicorn – writer, marketing and editorial consultant, project manager, and publisher.
My guest for Episode 21 is Chicago-based artist Nejla Yatkin . You can read more about her career and company at ny2dance.com .
Nejla Yatkin is an award-winning a nd critically acclaimed choreographer and a recent 2018 Drama Desk Award nominee, a 3Arts Award fellow and a Princess Grace Choreography recipient. She hails originally from Germany, bringing a luminous and transcultural perspective to her creations. Her focus is regularly drawn to the role that memory and history serve in constructing identity, causing and resolving conflict, and transforming cultural tensions in to deep, authentic moments of human connections.
In 1993, she graduated from Die Etage , a performing arts college in Berlin, Germany. Following this, she danced as a principal with numerous companies in Germany as well as the United States. She was critically acclaimed for her performance as “Firebird” in Stravinsky’s Firebird with the Denver Symphony choreographed by Cleo Parker Robinson .