Welcome to the Ballet & Beyond Podcast | Season 2, Episode 7 Hosted by Pete Commander Guests: Noelle Heritage & Diana Portes ✱See Noelle's & Diana's full bios at www.charmcityballet.com/ballet-and-beyond-podcast ••• Join us as we explore the lives and careers of current and former professionals, teachers, choreographers, and more from the world of ballet and dance. Listen as they talk firsthand about their experiences in and pathway through the dance world, as well as their ph...

Welcome to the Ballet & Beyond Podcast | Season 2, Episode 1 Hosted by Pete Commander Guests: Amanda Greene, D.P.T. & Andrea Lasner, D.P.T. ✱See Amanda's & Andrea's full bios at www.charmcityballet.com/ballet-and-beyond-podcast ••• Join us as we explore the lives and careers of current and former professionals, teachers, choreographers, and more from the world of ballet and dance. Listen as they talk firsthand about their experiences in and pathway through the dance world, as w...

Welcome to the Ballet & Beyond Podcast | Season 2, Episode 4 Hosted by Pete Commander Guest: Virginia Lensi ✱See Virginia's full bio at www.abt.org/people/virginia-lensi/ ••• Join us as we explore the lives and careers of current and former professionals, teachers, choreographers, and more from the world of ballet and dance. Listen as they talk firsthand about their experiences in and pathway through the dance world, as well as their philosophies and teaching strategies. ✱The full vid...

Welcome to the Ballet & Beyond Podcast | Season 2, Episode 4 Hosted by Pete Commander Guest: Iris Andersen Grizzell ✱See Iris's full bio at www.bsfa.org/arts/dance ••• Join us as we explore the lives and careers of current and former professionals, teachers, choreographers, and more from the world of ballet and dance. Listen as they talk firsthand about their experiences in and pathway through the dance world, as well as their philosophies and teaching strategies. ✱The full video vers...

Welcome to the Ballet & Beyond Podcast | Season 2, Episode 3 Hosted by Pete Commander Guest: Elizabeth Ahearn ✱See Elizabeth's full bio at www.goucher.edu/faculty/elizabeth-ahearn ••• Join us as we explore the lives and careers of current and former professionals, teachers, choreographers, and more from the world of ballet and dance. Listen as they talk firsthand about their experiences in and pathway through the dance world, as well as their philosophies and teaching strategies. ✱The...

Welcome to the Ballet & Beyond Podcast | Season 2, Episode 2 Hosted by Pete Commander Guest: Luciana Paris ✱See Luciana's full bio at www.abt.org/people/luciana-paris ••• Join us as we explore the lives and careers of current and former professionals, teachers, choreographers, and more from the world of ballet and dance. Listen as they talk firsthand about their experiences in and pathway through the dance world, as well as their philosophies and teaching strategies. ✱The full video v...

Welcome to the Ballet & Beyond Podcast | Season 2, Episode 1 Hosted by Pete Commander Guest: Deborah Engerman ✱See Deborah's full bio at www.charmcityballet.com/faculty ••• Join us as we explore the lives and careers of current and former professionals, teachers, choreographers, and more from the world of ballet and dance. Listen as they talk firsthand about their experiences in and pathway through the dance world, as well as their philosophies and teaching strategies. ✱The full vide...

Today we hear from dancer and director Charlie Abel. We talk about how he got started in dance, as well as some of his strategies and focuses as a director. A former high-school wrestler and semi-pro baseball player, Charlie fell in love with ballet in his home state of Louisiana where he performed with the Louisiana Ballet. Since then he has performed principal roles with the Yugoslav National Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, and the Baltimore Ballet. He has appeared in numerous theater productio...

Today we're joined by Goucher College professor, Rick Southerland. We talk about his career path in dance education and some of his experiences as both a teacher and performer. Rick is Associate Professor of Dance at Goucher College and past president of the National Dance Education Organization. Rick spent more than 20 years teaching in PK12 dance education in North Carolina, Maryland, Georgia, Nevada, and Washington, DC. Rick currently oversees the K12 dance education certification program...

Today we're joined by Washington Ballet principal Tamako Miyazaki. We discuss her transition from Japan to the U.S., what it was like for her to compete, and her experience in Washington Ballet. Tamako began her ballet training in Japan, before moving to the US, where she has won many awards and scholarships on the competition circuit, including first place in the Youth America Grand Prix finals in 2002. After dancing for two seasons with the Washington Ballet Studio Company, and then briefl...