Episode notes
What does “ugly” tell us about what we think is “beautiful?”
Pole movement artist Callum Stevens is known worldwide for his incredible flexibility and expressive, fluid routines. In this episode, Siân travels to Edinburgh to take Callum’s signature “Ugly Pole” workshop and explore his specialist subject: the huge range of things you can unlock in movement, dance and creative work by focussing on “ugly” instead of trying to force it into “beauty.” Callum uses “ugly” in his own practice and with other artists to open more creative possibilities, question what is “beautiful” and play with all the interesting material around the edges.
We talk about the joy of collaborating with artists across different mediums, what you can learn from the most undignified onstage performance mishaps, and balancing pole ar ...