Curious City Podcast - Discovering Degas (part two)

Episode 15 - Scottish Ballet, Life Drawing at the Burrell
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In this episode of Curious City, as part of the Discovering Degas exhibition at the Burrell Collection, host Michael MacKinnon meets exhibition co-curator Pippa Stephenson-Sit, and they take a look at what Degas' subjects mean in a 21st Century context.

The podcast features 'Degas-Debussy-Burrell Collection', an immersive soundscape by musician Loris S. Sarid, specially commissioned by The Burrell Collection for the 'Discovering Degas' exhibition. You can listen to the whole piece on the Bloomberg App. More information here. 

Featured, in this episode:

Photograph of Madeleine Squire, First Artist at the Scottish Ballet

Scottish Ballet

Curious City regular Caroline Currie goes to Scottish Ballet and meets First Artist Madeline Squire, who reveals what life is like behind the scenes in the world of ballet.

Scottish Ballet - official website
Photograph showing a life drawing class in progress at The Burrell Collection

Life Drawing at the Burrell

Pippa Stevenson-Sit asks the class what they get from life drawing, and the model tell us what it's like to hold a pose.

Drawing Life - official website