DIYdancer presents Vulnerable Resilience, an audio zine focused on dancer mental health. 

In this first chapter, meet guest editors Leal Zielinska and Courtney Henry, hear a first-person essay from artist Janeill Cooper on her complicated relationship with dance, plus an interview about tools for self care with dancer and social worker Mario Espinoza, a free write prompt provided by Catherine Kirk, and a discussion about fear led by contributor Coco Alvarez-Mena, in conversation with Derek Agnoletti, Loreta Kriksciukaityte, Juliette Ochoa, Catherine Kirk, and Jakevis Thomason.

Some segments will be preceded by content warnings, to ensure everyone can listen safely. Mental health resources will be listed at the end of each episode.

Sound score by Morgan Bobrow-Williams and sound mixing was done by Stephanie Wolf, producer of DIYdancer’s UnSequenced podcast. Cover art by Tess Jenkins, with creative direction and graphic design from Lara Wilson and Celine Kiner. Vulnerable Resilience is produced by DIYdancer, with editorial direction by Candice Thompson, in partnership with Okay, Let’s Unpack This, a non profit dedicated to destigmatizing the conversation around dancer mental health, created in part through Gibney Company’s Advocacy Fellowship Program. Special thanks to sponsor MSeam Apparel.