Marie N'diaye's guest appearances

Marie N'diaye

The Track with Ryan Swift

HORS-CHAMPS

Drinking and Dance at the End of the World

Les podcasts de la librairie Ombres Blanches

Remy Kouakou Kouame

Nick Williams

Hilary Alexander

Jenny Shirar

Christian Frommelt

Valerie Salstrom

Mikey Pedroza

John Festa

Cynthia Millman

Todd Yannacone

Nathan Bugh

Mike Thibault

Laura Glaess

Jerry Almonte

Sylvia Sykes

OwlTail

In this episode, Celtic shares a drink with the magnificent Marie N'diaye, professional dancer, teacher and phd. Over rum and beer they discuss her being inspired by her sister, the genius of Janet Jackson, the joys and struggle of coming up in the northwest suburbs of Paris, remembering to be grateful, her origins in dance training, her article for Zazoo Magazine, European dancers “playing ostrich” in regards to racism, camouflaging and playing up her French identity as a survival tactic while abroad, the perennial question of why there aren’t many Black people in the Lindy Hop scene, what it really means to dance with a partner, nerds cosplaying the Lindy Hop, the epiphany of finding honesty in dancing with Black Brown &amp; Beige, the virtues of finding your people, showing yourself in African diasporic dance, taking hits for the team in order to speak the truth, the importance of being humble as a guest of Black culture, the connection between leads and follows to the music, the benefits of being a “bad follow” and her rule for dealing with leads who won’t listen. Celtic is deeply ashamed of his pronunciation. To help support Marie during this time of social and economic upheaval, please consider making a donation of any amount to: PayPal  https://www.paypal.me/marieswingjazzdance

In this episode, Celtic shares a drink with the magnificent Marie N'diaye, professional dancer, teacher and phd. Over rum and beer they discuss her being inspired by her sister, the genius of Janet Jackson, the joys and struggle of coming up in the northwest suburbs of Paris, remembering to be grateful, her origins in dance training, her article for Zazoo Magazine, European dancers “playing ostrich” in regards to racism, camouflaging and playing up her French identity as a survival tactic while abroad, the perennial question of why there aren’t many Black people in the Lindy Hop scene, what it really means to dance with a partner, nerds cosplaying the Lindy Hop, the epiphany of finding honesty in dancing with Black Brown &amp; Beige, the virtues of finding your people, showing yourself in African diasporic dance, taking hits for the team in order to speak the truth, the importance of being humble as a guest of Black culture, the connection between leads and follows to the music, the benefits of being a “bad follow” and her rule for dealing with leads who won’t listen. Celtic is deeply ashamed of his pronunciation.  To help support Marie during this time of social and economic upheaval, please consider making a donation of any amount to: PayPal  <a href="https://www.paypal.me/marieswingjazzdance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.me/marieswingjazzdance</a>

Episode 29: Recognizing the Game with Marie N'diaye

In this episode, I am joined by instructor, performer, and choreographer, Marie N'diaye. Marie has been dancing almost as long as she has been walking, but she fell in love with Lindy Hop and Vernacular Jazz in 2007. Since that time, Marie has taught in her home scenes of Montréal &amp; Stockholm and at workshops &amp; camps around the globe. She has won competitions at ILHC and Snowball, is choreographer and director of the Herräng Dance Camp daily meeting chorus line, and leads her own dance troupe, HotCha Chorus Line. Marie joined me at ILHC 2019 to talk about her experience growing up in France in an Afro-Caribbean family where music and dance were a part of life, finding her Lindy Hop home at Cat’s Corner while studying biochemistry in Montréal, and how her PhD studies led her to Sweden and the creation of the Herräng Chorus Line. We also discuss the importance of understanding rhythm instead of simply focusing on patterns, the legacy of colonialism and slavery in the evolution of dance, and the significance that videos of other black dancers played in discovering her connection with Lindy Hop and swing music.

In this episode, I am joined by instructor, performer, and choreographer, <a href="http://mariendiaye.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marie N'diaye</a>. Marie has been dancing almost as long as she has been walking, but she fell in love with Lindy Hop and Vernacular Jazz in 2007. Since that time, Marie has taught in her home scenes of Montréal &amp; Stockholm and at workshops &amp; camps around the globe. She has won competitions at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wJ0Hq5da9U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ILHC</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_ZYuGyYInE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snowball</a>, is choreographer and director of the <a href="https://www.herrang.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herräng Dance Camp</a> daily meeting chorus line, and leads her own dance troupe, <a href="http://mariendiaye.com/hotcha-chorus-line" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HotCha Chorus Line</a>. Marie joined me at <a href="https://www.ilhc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ILHC 2019</a> to talk about her experience growing up in France in an Afro-Caribbean family where music and dance were a part of life, finding her Lindy Hop home at <a href="https://www.catscorner.ca/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cat’s Corner</a> while studying biochemistry in Montréal, and how her PhD studies led her to Sweden and the creation of the <a href="https://www.herrang.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Herräng</a> <a href="https://www.herrang.com/disciplines/solo-jazz-chorus-line" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chorus Line</a>. We also discuss the importance of understanding rhythm instead of simply focusing on patterns, the legacy of colonialism and slavery in the evolution of dance, and the significance that videos of other black dancers played in discovering her connection with Lindy Hop and swing music.

The Track - E046 - Marie N'diaye