#449: Terrance Martin // Dance Captain & Swing on Hamilton's Philip Tour // Part One
The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast
Gillian Pensavalle
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Terrance Martin is a multi-faceted performer and activist, a founding member of the Black Artists Dance Collective, and one of the best conversationalists on the planet. Terrance is currently the dance captain and a swing on the Philip Tour, and previously has been all over the world with Hamilton. It took him six years of auditioning to get there but that's actually great because he got a ton of experience performing in other great shows during that time. We talk a lot about redefining success, and that was all a major part of it. His approach to being a swing is so fun because Terrance has detailed backstories for every role on that stage and gives us a fascinating deep dive on why the psyche of these characters is so important. Shout out to his fellow Capricorns!
This week, Terrance also talks about growing up an introvert who wanted to perform while having to learn to fight for his existence as a "Black feminine gay man in the red South." Terrance explains that his voice, his walk, his *light* didn't allow him to hide, which at the time manifested in anger and trauma but has now led him to a place of growth and strength. None of this is easy by the way, especially when you learn what Terrance went through.
Note: I jump in to remind you before it happens, but towards the end of this episode Terrance tells a traumatic story involving racism, bullying, homophobia, threats of violence, and the description of an incident that took place in a pool that includes a severe injury to Terrance's ear.
///
Terrance Martin VO on Instagram
The Black Artists Dance Collective:
https://www.tbadcollective.org/
https://www.instagram.com/tbadcollective/?hl=en
///
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Stage in Stages, Lynn Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamelcast. |
| 0:05.2 | Boots and cuts and boots and cuts. |
| 0:07.1 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome back to the Hamelcast. |
| 0:20.2 | Today, I am here with the absolutely |
| 0:22.7 | lovely, like jumping through my computer screen, Terrence Martin. Hey, Terrence. |
| 0:27.7 | Hi, everybody. Thanks for being here. We just had quite a party just in our little off-mic moment. |
| 0:34.2 | We know how to have a good time, okay? Already. I just hit record. It's been 10 seconds. Terrence, before we continue, can you just let the listeners know your pronouns, please? |
| 0:42.2 | Hi, my name is Teres Martin, and I go by he-hap. Thank you so much. So Terrence, you are a singer, |
| 0:47.8 | you're a dancer, you're an actor, you're a voiceover artist, you're a choreographer, you are the swing and dance captain on the Philip |
| 0:55.6 | tour. You've been all over the world. You've kind of been everywhere and done so many things. |
| 1:01.2 | You're also a founding member of the Black Artist Dance Collective, which I just like want to get |
| 1:06.2 | into your entire life story. Your Hamilton story, sure. You'll get to that. I have no doubt. |
| 1:11.6 | But also, like, I just want to dive into who you are as a person. |
| 1:15.4 | Like, thank you for being here. |
| 1:16.9 | I just can't wait. |
| 1:18.0 | I'm so excited. |
| 1:19.9 | I too. |
| 1:20.7 | And then when she said all that, I was like, oh, dang. |
| 1:23.5 | I know. |
| 1:24.4 | Well, you should feel that way. |
| 1:25.7 | I feel that way the listeners do. I mean, you really have, like, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Gillian Pensavalle, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Gillian Pensavalle and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.