Episode 187: Nutcracker Chronicles: Touching Stories and Helpful Advice from a Professional Ballerina Summary: It’s Nutcracker season, and today I want to pull back the curtain on what life is really like as a professional ballet dancer. My guest today is Janine Kovac who was a professional dancer for 12 years in Iceland, Italy, San […]
Episode 185: Helping Our Dancers Mess Up Full Out, with Jennifer Bassage Bonfil Summary: If you are a dance teacher who has ever struggled to get your students to go full out when they’re learning, or if you’ve been saying the same cue, like, “Pull up,” and they don’t get it, today’s guest is here
Episode 183: Exploring Passion, Grit, and the Untold Stories of Corps de Ballet Dancers with Dr Ruth Horowitz Summary: What kind of dancer will make it in New York City? Do passionate dancers get taken advantage of in the professional world? Today’s episode is a conversation with Dr. Ruth Horowitz, a sociologist who specifically studied
Is Your Passion Making You Better or Weighing You Down? I feel like in the dance industry we use the word passion to mean your performance on the floor, to be believable, and truly go for it. But honestly, it’s a lot more than that. If you have a passion for dance, I have some
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