Host Mike Gamble gathers his friends – dancers, choreographers, directors, and artists – to give you an inside access look into the stories of their careers. Meet, hang, laugh and chat with legends, pioneers, OGs, leaders, superstars and game-changers of the dance industry – The people you need to know, the stories you want to hear. Welcome to Gamble’s Green Room! Growing up dancing and clubbing, E. Moncell Durden completely stepped away from dance for SIX YEARS in his early 20s to be a graphic designer before landing in Philly and starting his professional career on stage at the age of 30! Currently one of only two Professors in Practice [Hip Hop] at USC’s Gloria Kaufmann School of Dance, Moncell is as published author, educator, lecturer, researcher, and historian - what Gamble calls a Dance Anthropologist.

Words That Move is the dance podcast where movers and shakers like you get the information and inspiration you need to navigate your creative career with clarity and confidence. Master mover, Dana Wilson, taps into 15 years of industry experience, and talks to some of the best in the entertainment biz, who have been there and done that so that you don’t have to… do it alone. This episode highlights that many of us are missing a big slice of the pie when it comes to jumping in the freestyle circle… we are missing a big slice of dance history in general! We are missing the CONTEXT. Leave it to guest, E. Moncell Durden to shine some light.

The Talkin’ and Testifyin’ podcast examines the histories and heritage of American social dance. E. Moncell Durden wants to help you strengthen your knowledge and resources so that you may offer a deeper cultural context to your students; making you a valuable asset for anyone looking to employ a dance educator. In this Medea Vox episode, we talk about hip-hop, cultural appropriation and being h-u-e-m-a-n: Dance is more than physical exercise. Dance is learning about cultures and getting to know yourself. Dance educator and Afro-diasporic dance expert E. Moncell Durden says that “Teaching dance is teaching empathy – dance is everywhere, it comes from everyone.”

From a living room in Los Angeles, DanceSpeak brings you candid interviews with the movers and the shakers of the global professional dance community. Get inside stories, advice, and blueprints to success, from dancers, choreographers, teachers, and some of the hidden gems whom have been in the industry for years. In this episode E. Moncell Durden discusses why we aren’t doing jazz dance to jazz music and offers a history lesson to listeners.

Follow artist Travis Knights as he takes you on an adventure through time, rhythm, and dance in The Tap Love Tour. In this episode author, cultural scholar, filmmaker and dance educator, E. Moncell illKozby Durden offers one of the most well rounded perspectives on cultural appropriation that Travis has ever heard. It's a gem of a conversation.