Dawn Atkins: A Light and a Pillar, Principal Dancer with ...

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“Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest, Dawn Atkins, principal dancer with Miami City Ballet. In this episode of “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey, join host Joanne Carey as she chats with Special Guest, Dawn Atkins, principal dancer with Miami City Ballet. They chat about Dawn's recent appointment as principal dancer with Miami City Ballet and her upcoming season. Tune in and hear them share their thoughts on dancers as givers who touch the audience perhaps when they didn't even know they needed it. Dawn shares her desire to be someone positive in the room as well as her advice to dancers on the importance of developing their whole person, for that is the person audiences see on stage, not just the character you are portraying. Dawn Atkins began her dance training in Rutland, Vermont and upon moving to Virginia, continued her dance training with The School of Richmond Ballet. She attended North Carolina School of the Arts on scholarship, under the direction of Ethan Stiefel. Dawn joined Boston Ballet School as a trainee in 2011 and Boston Ballet II in 2012. In 2013, she was a Princess Grace Award nominee and was promoted to Artist of the Company. Dawn was promoted to Second Soloist at Boston Ballet in 2019. She joined Miami City Ballet as soloist in 2021. Atkins was promoted to the rank of principal soloist in 2022. Follow on Instagram @dawnatkinshilty Find out more about Dawn Atkins and Miami City Ballet https://www.miamicityballet.org/portfolio/dawn-atkins ⁠ Follow Joanne Carey on Instagram @westfieldschoolofdance And follow “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey wherever you listen to your podcasts. Tune in. Follow. Like us. And Share. Please leave us review about our podcast! “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey "Where the Dance World Connects, the Conversations Inspire, and Where We Are Keeping Them Real."

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This episode was published on November 2, 2023.

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