Stage Dive
Stage Dive
Jack Dawkins
Alex - Dancer, Artist, Athlete, Human
1 hour 2 minutes Posted Mar 15, 2023 at 7:30 pm.
: Alex begins by explaining the quote she features on her Instagram around the mental work that has to be done in order for her to enjoy the dance space. While dance is a big part of her life, it isn’t the only thing in her life.
: Starting at the age of 8, Alex tried a number of different dance styles and finally learned about dance battles. She speaks about the feeling of quitting.
: Jack asks about a breakthrough aha moment. Alex discusses accepting where she’s at and dealing with pressure. They talk about having to still put in effort and at least try.
: Alex explains how she manages to practice even when she doesn’t want to, Jack bringing up the idea of forgiving and recommitting. She also discusses the importance of taking care your body.
: Thinking about what is coming next, Alex wants to learn more. She’s working on animation, which is dance with more robotic and cartoonish effects. There are a wide number of dancers that have helped inspire her style.
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This week, Jack Dawkins is joined by Alex. A dancer based in Greece, she brings inside into the mental and physical components of dance, from feeling emotions before dancing, quitting or not wanting to practice, and treating her body like an athlete.
ABOUT ALEX
Alexandra Filippidou is a freestyle dancer and performer currently based in Greece. She specializes in Waving while mixing techniques from other styles like Popping, Animation and contemporary. She loves to explore with her movement and sees dance as her playground. She travels a lot around the world giving workshops and sharing her mentality around dance and life, and how these two are connected.
@alexeffuse
ABOUT JACK DAWKINS
Jack Dawkins is a storyteller, a rapper, and a poet. He also cooks good food and runs really far.  His use of the English language has been compared to Michael Phelps’ performance on Saturday Night Live: Wildly entertaining for none of the reasons you would expect. He is, at his core, and in his music, deeply human, and a lover of excessive comma use.   Most importantly, he loves you.
www.jackdawkinsraps.com/linktree
Music: https://open.spotify.com/track/5TMLeqJiL2WMPoAcWKhGZz?si=4e6748ab641b46bc
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