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Articulate with Jim Cotter
| Website: | http://www.articulateshow.org |
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| Next Airing: | Sun, Mar 26th, 2023 at 1:30 AM on UEN-TV |
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ARTICULATE WITH JIM COTTER is an arts magazine series, hosted by award-winning journalist Jim Cotter, that explores the variety, quality and heritage of creativity, while also showing how art speaks to us in our everyday lives. The fresh and unique stories featured in the 12-part series include: the history of tap dancing as a cross-cultural art form; the work of multimedia artist Sam Durant; the role of improvisation in dance with choreographer Matthew Neenan; and the on-stage work and off-stage educational efforts of French pianist Claire-Marie Le Guay.
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Virtuous Reality
Poet Yusef Komunyakaa and writer Jennifer Weiner know that honest work can reveal new truths. Segment 1: Yusef Komunyakaa: War and Peace. Poet Yusef Komunyakaa survived the Jim Crow South and later the Vietnam War. Over the years, he's kept his faith in the future. Segment 2: Jennifer Weiner: Mrs. Everything. Jennifer Weiner has channeled early unhappy episodes into character-driven novels that have sold millions.
Next Airing: Sun, Mar 26th, 2023 at 1:30 AM on UEN-TV Length: 00:26:46 Usage rights: 10/8/2021 to 10/7/2023 -
Reflexive Cognition
The observations and experiences of poet Paul Muldoon and multidisciplinary artist Daniel Arsham are powerfully rendered in their work. Segment 1: The Frolics and Detours of Paul Muldoon. Through poetry, Paul Muldoon sought reconciliation with the violence of his early life in Northern Ireland. He found acceptance. Segment 2: Daniel Arsham: Connecting Time. Daniel Arsham has thrived in fine art, architecture, design, film, fashion, and performance by approaching each with creativity, intellect-and science.
Next Airing: Sun, Mar 26th, 2023 at 7:30 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:26:46 Usage rights: 10/8/2021 to 10/7/2023 -
What Might Be
Writer Samuel R. Delany and interdisciplinary artist and designer Orkan Telhan interrogate the present to glimpse the future. Segment 1: The Visions of Chip. Celebrated science fiction writer Samuel R. Delany witnessed great changes that have made the world better. And he has hope for more. Segment 2: The Explorations of Orkan Telhan. Curiosity and collaboration have been driving forces in the life of interdisciplinary artist Orkan Telhan.
Next Airing: Sun, Apr 2nd, 2023 at 7:30 PM on UEN-TV Length: 00:26:46 Usage rights: 10/8/2021 to 10/7/2023 -
A Place of Their Own
Playwright Sarah Gancher and folk musicians Jay Ungar & Molly Mason travelled far to find home. Segment 1: Sarah Gancher: The Funny Thing About Grief. Sarah Gancher believes it is a spiritual act to make someone laugh. But this idea was born out of grief. Segment 2: Jay Ungar & Molly Mason: A Sense of Place. For folk musicians Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, who have been partners in life and in music for more than four decades, playing together privately has fixed many a tiff.
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Displacement
Early on, singer-songwriter David Gray and writer Aleksandar Hemon struggled to be heard at home. But when they found acceptance abroad, their own countries-and the world-soon caught up. Segment 1: David Gray's Life in Slow Motion. It took David Gray ten years to achieve global success. It took him even longer to come to peace with it. Segment 2: Nowhere Man. Exiled from his homeland, Aleksandar Hemon witnessed from afar the horrors of the Bosnian war. He vowed to never let the world forget.
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Indefatigables
Singer-songwriter Valerie June has been knocked down but never out by heartbreak, illness, and hardship. Now in his early 60s, choreographer and dancer Stephen Petronio has built a life and a body of work by deciding whose rules he was prepared to follow. Segment 1: Valerie June: Sometimes Down, Never Out. Singer-Songwriter Valerie June has been knocked down but never out by heartbreak, illness, and hardship. Segment 2: Stephen Petronio Tells It From a Mountain. Now in his early 60s, choreographer Stephen Petronio has built a life and a body of work by deciding whose rules he was prepared to follow.
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Self Realization
Author Yiyun Li and choreographer Miguel Gutierrez make work that fuels-and is fueled by-self-understanding. Segment 1: Yiyun Li: From Her Life to Ours. Great suffering drove Yiyun Li to find solace in writing. Segment 2: Miguel Gutierrez: Age and Beauty. Witnessing his own development with a watchful eye has kept highflying choreographer Miguel Gutierrez grounded.
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Singular Purpose
Poet Terrance Hayes and clarinetist Anthony McGill have been resolute in pursuit of their destinies. Segment 1: The Rhymes and Reason of Terrance Hayes. Poet Terrance Hayes has been hailed for his fearlessness in pushing the boundaries of convention but in life he's learnt to practice caution. Segment 2: Anthony McGill: Blowing It Up. It took Anthony McGill five attempts to become Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic. Failure was never an option.
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Triumph Over Affliction
Deborah Eisenberg and Shira Erlichman fought inner conflicts in search of personal peace. Segment 1: Deborah Eisenberg: Love Without Haste. Feeling like an outsider for much of her life has been a driving force in much of Deborah Eisenberg's work. Segment 2: Shira Erlichman: Be/Hold. Shira Erlichman's bipolar disorder went undiagnosed for years. Naming it was just the start of her journey to self-acceptance.
Length: 00:26:46 Usage rights: 10/8/2021 to 10/7/2023 -
Worlds of Words
Writer Tochi Onyebuchi and visual artist Stephen Powers are both trying to change the world, one word at a time. Segment 1: Tochi Onyebuchi: The Search for Better Worlds Tochi Onyebuchi imagines worlds that never were, but always grounds them in this one. Segment 2: Stephen Powers: Thoroughly Modern Cave Painter Stephen Powers wants the murals he creates to be democratic and reflections of the communities they occupy.
Length: 00:26:46 Usage rights: 10/8/2021 to 10/7/2023