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Dance Journey
by TracyinLA
Welcome to my new podcast: Dance Journey! In this series, I want to share my dance story and hear about yours!
Episodes
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Chippy Wassung's Dance Journey
Chippy Wassung is in the business of dance education, but how did she get there? She started taking ballet at two years old because a doctor said it could help with her "knock knees." Then at three, she performed a surprising dance for her preschool class, and her teacher quickly recommended she…
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Evan King's Dance Journey
If you take class at Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica, you probably know Evan King! Evan trained there for years as an adult, taking multiple classes a day, and he made it a point to really connect with people. In the beginning, his main goal was to get physically fit, and he enjoyed...
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Erika Alexx's Dance Journey
Erika Alexx just moved to LA from Arizona this past November, and I feel so blessed to have met her! Erika is authentic, vulnerable, funny, a hard worker, and a great dancer. She especially loves contemporary and reggaeton, but she trains in many styles including hip hop and jazz funk; and she...
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Leica Marie's Dance Journey
Leica Marie does all kinds of dance, from Latin ballroom to aerial to jazz funk, but she got her professional start dancing for the NBA and NFL! That set the standard for excellence in training and performance as well as being a role model to kids. She was also encouraged to have a job outside of...
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Betsy Colombo's Dance Journey
We've been talking about LA Unbound on the podcast for so many episodes, but now we get to chat with Betsy Colombo, one of the co-founders, and learn how it all began! Betsy got her start "late" in ballet at age 12. She loved it and was so dedicated, taking 4 to 5 classes a week and going on…
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Ailish Hill's Dance Journey
This week we are chatting with Ailish Hill! You probably know her as host of the One Movement community dance classes that happen 2nd and 4th Fridays at Evolution Studios in North Hollywood (for free!). But did you know she moved to LA at 18 to pursue the dance industry? She did the Millennium...
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Brittni Miller's Dance Journey
Meet Brittni Miller, everyone! Interior designer by day, dancer by night and weekend. Brittni is a very talented dancer and choreographer, but according to her, she didn’t start out that way. It wasn’t until her freshman year of high school when she made it for the JV dance team, that her coaches...
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Bravo's Dance Journey
Julianna Bravo takes dance classes all over LA, always popping up at different studios and working so hard. She started her dance training as an adult and says it's just a hobby, but she is a high school dance teacher and continues to grow in her skills and take opportunities as they come. After...
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Matthew Bej's Dance Journey
You probably know him from his funny videos in ballet class, but now we're gonna get to know the real Matthew Bejarano, or "Matica," as his amazing and hilarious teacher refers to him. Matthew started out training in Taekwondo as a child, but it was next to his sisters' dance studio, where he…
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Brooke Haun's Dance Journey
Brooke Haun's been in LA only six months, and she's already done so much! She's an intern at Eighty Eight Studios, a dancer with HMG Squared, and she teaches and subs at various studios around town. Brooke taught dance to children for many years in Colorado where she grew up. But since coming to...
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Pauline Cheng's Dance Journey
What a great day this was, taking class with Pauline Cheng at Westside Ballet and chatting about it after! Pauline and I used to see each other a couple times a week at this studio back when I was on the Westside more, but it's been a while now, and oh how I've missed it! We both started taking...
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Cher Krayer's Dance Journey
Cher Krayer grew up learning piano, a very introverted activity, but she let her extrovert self loose in junior high when she decided to join the dance team! She ended up doing cheer in high school, but it wasn't until after college that she started training heavily in dance. She did the work…
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Alex Torres's Dance Journey
Alex Torres is my first guest of the new year for Dance Journey podcast, Season 3! Alex choreographed the Lion King piece we performed in November for LA Unbound—"I Always Wanted a Brother" from the movie "Mufasa." And it was such a blast! We got to dance around as little lions with tails and…
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James Velasco's Dance Journey
James Velasco is an amazing professional ballet dancer, and it all started when he was a kid watching his sister in her ballet class. He tried to do one of the positions, and quickly the teacher noticed him and encouraged him to take ballet as well! That was the beginning of a lifelong journey of...
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Shirlene Quigley's Dance Journey
Shirlene Quigley started training in dance at 16, taking four to six classes a day at Millennium Dance Complex, and that was before she knew dance could be a job. A year in, she learned what a dancer could get paid on tour, and it wasn't long before she got an agent and was touring herself!...
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Sophie-Kate Tutokey's Dance Journey
Sophie-Kate Tutokey is in high school, busy with dancing in the competition world. But she also takes class at Millennium and Athletic Garage when she can, focusing on contemporary and jazz funk. She also LOVES ballet and has participated in the Joffrey West Summer Intensive! Sophie-Kate has been...
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Kelly Etter's Dance Journey
Kelly Etter had a 20-year professional dance career, including performing as a Rockette in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular! She has such an interesting story of what got her started in dance in the first place, but she quickly fell in love with it and was training hard in ballet and all...
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Jacob Bowers' Dance Journey
Jacob Bowers loved dancing his whole life but didn't realize how extreme his passion was until at 14, he stumbled upon Sia's Chandelier music video, and he was mesmerized. He just had to dance like that! He then got his whole family to start watching Dance Moms, and he learned many of the solos…
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Celine Chai's Dance Journey
Celine Chai began her dance journey in Indonesia and different parts of China. Then she came to LA where she got two degrees at Loyola Marymount University–Dance and Marketing. Then she went back to Malaysia where she was born (but had never really lived) and spent three years there while...
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Lindsey Dean's Dance Journey
Lindsey Dean is fresh to LA as of a few months ago, and I'm so grateful to call her my friend! We met in a contemporary class at Millennium, and now we take regular classes together every week where we are growing from amazing teachers like Sam Nelson and Shelby Fletcher. Lindsey also trains hard...
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Sanna Rafalovich's Dance Journey
Sanna was the very first person from LA Unbound dance company to reach out and get to know me when I was new last season, and she made me feel so welcomed! She is one of the kindest souls and also very hard working and disciplined. Sanna grew up in San Francisco. Her family is from Ukraine, and…
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Eric Huang's Dance Journey
You've probably seen him dancing in hip hop classes at Millennium and Athletic Garage, or maybe you knew him in his ballroom stage, but now it's time to get to know Eric Huang's full dance story! Eric didn't get into dance until after college, and the main thing that drew him in was the community...
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Danielle Celestino's Dance Journey
I met Danielle through LA Unbound, and I was in awe of her dancing and dance teaching abilities! She didn't choreograph for that season's show, but she is for this upcoming one in November, and we are all so excited! Danielle loves dancing and has many years of performing experience, ever since...
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Caroline De La Rocha's Dance Journey
Crazy story–I actually met Caroline at church and then found out she used to be a professional dancer! It's also a funny story how I discovered this because she's so low-key about it, lol. She's not one to brag or try to draw attention to herself, but she did used to curate her Instagram when she...
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Willow Beccia's Dance Journey
She just moved to LA a couple months ago, but you may already know her because she takes so much class and is such a fierce dancer, especially in hip hop and contemporary! Willow Beccia grew up dancing in Massachusetts among her family of dancers, doing all styles and competing. Also, her mom…
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Yari Rivera's Dance Journey
You've met a lot of her friends already, but now it's time to get to know dancer/teacher/choreographer Yari Rivera! Yari has been dancing all her life–every style but with much focus on ballet and currently contemporary. We would describe her choreographic style as angsty floorwork contemporary...
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Aukai Cain's Dance Journey
This week we have the amazing hip hop performer, teacher, choreographer, artistic director... Aukai Cain!! You may know Aukai for his 20+ years teaching hip hop at Athletic Garage or for his dance company Legacy VDC, but did you know he started out as a singer and performed in a boy band??!! This...
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Kaycee Tacata's Dance Journey
I met Kaycee Tacata through LA Unbound. It was my first season performing with them and her second. We were in a contemporary piece together, but she was also in five other pieces! This girl can do it all–contemporary, jazz, jazz funk, cheer and pom, musical theater, you name it! So talented not...
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Christina Wampler's Dance Journey
Christina Wampler is a beautiful dancer. She grew up loving dance, training in dance, and even teaching dance by age 14! She taught mostly ballet and acrobatics, and that definitely shows in the type of choreography she creates today. I met Christina because she started a Christian contemporary...
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Makia Chantel's Dance Journey
Makia Chantel has an amazing dance story, and I can't wait for you all to hear it! Makia and I first saw each other at a free Christian hip hop class put on by non-profit organization Dancing Disciples. Shortly after that class, I ended up dancing in the piece she created for her church's Easter...
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Zoe Ortiz's Dance Journey
I'm so excited for you all to meet Zoe Ortiz! She's only 15, moved to LA about a year ago, and has already booked dance and acting jobs. She takes multiple classes a day, mostly at Millennium and Playground, and she is loving the training here. (Good thing, because she actually convinced her...
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Paul Sivertsen's Dance Journey
He dances, he acts, he sings, but you probably know him best for his creative and unique choreography... it's Paul Sivertsen everyone! (pronounced SEE-vert-sen) Paul moved to LA in 2009 to pursue his performing dreams and plans to continue forever! He loves to create and has now choreographed…
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Michelle Shvedov's Dance Journey
You would never believe that Michelle Shvedov started her dance journey last year because she is flying! She did spend 10+ years of her life doing rhythmic gymnastics where she also learned dance, but it wasn't until this past October that she started taking studio dance classes regularly. Her...
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Giorgia Bertolotti's Dance Journey
Giorgia Bertolotti moved here from Italy about six months ago, and it was so fun to chat with her about her dance experience in LA so far! She grew up doing ballet, lyrical, and contemporary, and her first ever class here was Shelby Fletcher's contemporary class at Millennium! She had no idea…
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Kam Feiz's Dance Journey
You've probably seen him around at one of the many classes he takes at Millennium, but now it's time to get to know Kam Feiz! Kam grew up playing soccer and wrestling, but he discovered dance as an adult and quickly got hooked. In college, after only taking two dance classes ever, he auditioned…
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Jess Keene's Dance Journey
Okay I'm so excited for you all to hear Jess Keene's story because she has been so influential in my dance journey the past few months. I met her at a class she taught for LA Unbound, and since then, I started taking her regular Monday night class, trying all the classes she likes at Millennium,...
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Scarlett Anastasia's Dance Journey
I've had the privilege of taking Scarlett Anastasia's contemporary class the past couple months, and WOW. It was a challenge! Her combos are usually over a minute long and full of acrobatic moves and floorwork. But I'm so, so grateful she reached out to me because if she hadn't encouraged me to...
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Sal's Dance Journey
I met Sal through an organization called Dancing Disciples, that gives free hip hop class on Fridays! Sal killed it in the cypher that night, and it's not surprising since he's been freestyle dancing since he was a kid, performing and competing with it too! It wasn't until a couple years ago,...
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Reva Pincusoff's Dance Journey
I feel so blessed to have been connected with my newest podcast guest Reva Pincusoff, former ballerina who trained with The Royal Ballet and danced with Pennsylvania Ballet (now Philadelphia Ballet), Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and Eliot Feld's ballet company, among others! It all started for…
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Stephanie Law's Dance Journey
Lawyer by day, dancer by night... it's Stephanie Law, everyone! Okay, well, maybe she's still in college right now, but that's her current career dream. Stephanie grew up in California and danced her whole life but recently cut back on her 40-hours-a-week dance schedule to focus on her majors at...
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Finley Gamberg's Dance Journey
If you don't already know this gorgeous dancer, meet Finn! Finn has had a passion for dance her whole life and is currently majoring in it in college. Learn what it's like to juggle gen ed classes, school dance classes, and studio dance classes... all while choreographing and directing her own...
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Catherine Engberg's Dance Journey
Catherine Engberg was in town from the Bay Area, and I was so happy to be able to grab some of her time for the podcast! Catherine and I took lots of Zoom classes together from Broadway Dance Center during the pandemic. (The New York time zone was perfect for us Californians to take class before...
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Angel Hass's Dance Journey
Many of you already know and love her, but this week we get to know Angel Hass a little better. Angel is a dancer, dance teacher, and actress, and she moved to LA from Germany five years ago! Tune in to this episode to learn more about Angel's background, interests, and teaching style; and hear…
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Navi Lee's Dance Journey
Introducing... Navi Lee! She's new to LA but not new to dance. Her main styles are acrobatics, silks, pole, and lyra (aerial hoop), but she also takes contemporary and ballet, and she is a beautiful dancer! Tune in to the full episode to learn more interesting facts about Navi, like how she grew…
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Sophia Moritz's Dance Journey
It's time to get to know Sophia Moritz! I met her in a parking lot of a ballet we were both going to see, but that 20-minute chat wasn't enough. I also barely knew she was a dancer at the time because she was so focused on hyping up her dancer friends and their amazing projects. Sophia is humble...
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Melissa Briggs' Dance Journey
Melissa Briggs became a serious ballet dancer at age 8, knowing without a doubt that's what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. From New York to Rhode Island to Massachusetts to Florida and then back to New York and then finally in California, her parents always made sure there was a good...
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Kristen Shaffer's Dance Journey
I'm sure you've seen her around at C Spot, LA DanceFit, or FlowMotion Dance Studio (to name a few), but now it's time to get to KNOW this dedicated dancer, Kristen Shaffer! Kristen and I love to take dance classes constantly, and we both post all the videos to our dance diaries (aka Instagram).…
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Sarah Chan's Dance Journey
Who even knows when I very first met Sarah Chan, we've taken so many classes together! From ballet at Westside to Jazz at Millennium to Contemporary at C Spot, we both love to run around the city trying all the different studios. Lately Sarah's been focusing on ballet, contemporary / modern, and...
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Talyssa Cruz's Dance Journey
I'm sooooo glad I got to interview Talyssa Cruz before she moved far, far away to Northern California! Talyssa and I first took class together at Athletic Garage, but then we didn't see each other for a while because I was mostly on the west side, and she was injured for a bit from rock climbing!...
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Sarina Lowe's Dance Journey
It's time to introduce you to Sarina Lowe—a beautiful ballet dancer with one of the strongest drives for dance I've ever seen, plus an amazing sense of humor! I've only taken two dance classes with her ever, but she's one of my biggest dance encouragers, and it was so great to hear her dance…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to my new podcast: Dance Journey! In this series, I want to share my dance story and hear about yours!
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TracyinLA
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