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Arts Alive! podcast: Dancers from projectALCHEMY
For the first Arts Alive! podcast of 2026, four guests joined us. That’s a record – and since they couldn’t all be in the studio at the same time (not enough microphones!), we conducted the interview via Zoom.
They are dancers and choreographers with projectALCHEMY, the St. Petersburg-based nonprofit dance incubator and studio. Samantha Kedziora, Talia Demps, Esophia Higgins-Wilkins and Kirsten Standridge will be part of MIXED: Across St. Pete, a series of pop-up dance performances in public areas around the city Jan. 4-9.
The seven neighborhoods on the visit list are Roser Park, Historic Kenwood, Maximo Park, Downtown, Edgemoor, Historic Old Northeast and The Deuces Corridor. Taking dance off the stage and out of the theater is one particular passion of company founder Alexander Jones – he calls it “the power of movement to illuminate the spaces we call home.”
To keep the experience organic, company members won’t reveal any specific dates or times. If you’re there, you’re there.
Each of the women discuss their feelings about dance “in the wild,” about the Mixed work they’ve developed (for themselves and other company dancers), and about Jones himself, as teacher, mentor – and friend.
Everything winds up at The Studio@620 for a comprehensive performance, including expanded versions of the neighborhood dances, Jan. 10.
Click on the arrow to listen to the Zoom interview audio.
