https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SummerIntensives.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Our friend, Kate Penner, returns to the pod this week as our special guest host to talk all things Summer Intensives. We talk about our personal stories with summer training, how to choose the school that’s right for you, why you should cast a wide net, and some tips and tricks for auditioning. This Episode’s Sponsors: • Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School is training the next generation of professional dancers by providing ballet and dance education of...
Read Morehttps://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Austin-Hartel.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Today we speak with Austin Hartel, Oklahoma International Dance Festival Artistic Director. Austin was a soloist and co-choreographer with Pilobolus Dance Theater, making appearances worldwide and on television. After his dance career, he joined the faculty of University of Oklahoma’s School of Dance where he has coordinated the Modern Dance Program for nearly 20 years. This year was meant to welcome the inaugural Oklahoma International Dance Festival, featuring...
Read Morehttp://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IvonneLemus.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Today we talk with Ivonne Lemus: Ballet Mistress at Next Generation Ballet & Former Soloist with National Ballet of Cuba. We took a quick break over the holiday from our regularly scheduled programming, but while we were on our break, we went to Tampa to teach master classes, host a lecture, and record interviews with the dancers, staff, and guest artists of Next Generation Ballet. Today we talk with NGB’s Ballet Mistress, Ivonne Lemus. Ivonne trained at the National...
Read Morehttp://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AllisonDebona.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Allison DeBona, first soloist with Ballet West, first came on the national stage in 2012 as a star on the CW’s reality show, ‘Breaking Pointe.’ Allison chats with us about her journey to the world of professional ballet, how she built her brand, and how ballet is portrayed in the mainstream media.
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