Take #22 | Reagan Hewes’ Route from Small‑Town Studio to World Tours with BTS

Reagan Hewes didn’t grow up with a roadmap for touring the world with one of the biggest bands on the planet. She was a small‑town kid from Pennsylvania, dancing at a tiny, non‑competition studio where the vibes were more family cookout than cutthroat convention. Dance was always “the thing that stuck” — soccer came and went, gymnastics came and went — but dance stayed, quietly turning from an after‑school activity into the thing she wanted to do for the rest of her life. Hip hop companies like Reverb, performance‑based studios, and a drama‑free environment gave her a rare foundation in an industry that can be notoriously toxic.In this episode of Call Sheet Confessions, Reagan and I trace how a girl who loved Ash conventions, contemporary combos, and commercial jazz went from AMDA dorm rooms and Universal’s Horror Nights to performing with TWICE at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and touring the world with BTS. We walk through her decision to leave a four‑year performing arts program, the grind of retail jobs and 3pm–3am haunt shifts just to pay LA rent, and the nearly two‑year stretch of “radio silence” before her first big booking. Reagan opens up about building a career without an agent, turning Instagram into a visual résumé, navigating rejection without losing yourself, finding real community in a city full of “fakes,” and what it actually looks like behind the scenes when you’re a working dancer on a global K‑pop tour.Follow the podcast on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/callsheetconfesspod?igsh=MXM4ZGtlOHhyYXljaw==🔔 Subscribe for more honest conversations about working in entertainment, creative careers, the reality behind “overnight success,” life between LA and small‑town roots, and what really happens on the other side of the call sheet.