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    We wanted to take a quick minute to say hello to our listeners and leave you with some information. We are looking forward to being back with you all soon!

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    What a great season we had Jam Fam! Thank you to our amazing guests for lending their time and expertise to us and giving back to the dance community. We appreciate all of you!

    Our wrap up includes some shout outs, Hot Topics (of course), and a run down on what is next for JAM.

    Thank you all for listening, subscribing, commenting and being such a supportive community. We do this for you and welcome all your feedback.


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    Welcome back Jam Fam! We are excited to finish this season with the wonderful, Chasta Hamilton. Chasta has so much insight into the world of dance and has recently been named to the Advisory Board of Dance Teacher Magazine! A great conversation with a great friend, we hope you enjoy this episode with Chasta Hamilton!


    About Chasta:
    Orphaned as a child, Chasta found comfort in the creativity, play, and catharsis of the performing arts. This led to a life as an arts entrepreneur where she has developed a niche in: (a) change management, (b) brand strategy and differentiation, and (c) accelerated revenue growth. At her core, Chasta believes that every person has the power to reach their fullest potential and disrupt the status quo in an empowering, inspiring, and lasting way. She is doing this through her business endeavors, writing, and motivational speaking. Chasta is the founder and CEO of Stage Door Dance Productions and the founder and president of the nonprofit Girls Geared for Greatness. You can read more about her journey in her books: Trash the Trophies and Handle the Horrible as well as her latest release, the children's book The Trophy Trap. Stay in touch via her website: www.chastahamilton.com or via Instagram (@chastahamilton).

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    Welcome back Jam Fam! We know you are going to love this episode with the fabulous Caylie Rose Newcom. Caylie is a wealth of knowledge, positivity, charm and great energy that has made her mark in the NYC dance world. An educator and a triple threat, she has worn many hats in her career. Today we talk a bit about what makes her tick, how to be your authentic self in the dance world, and all the other fun things that we get into on the podcast. We hope you enjoy listening to our latest episode!

    Caylie Rose Newcom is a professional performer, associate, and dance teacher in NYC! Favorite NYC credits include: Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular (Swing, Asst Dance Captain), Noir, a new musical workshop and The Tony Awards 2023 where she performed in the Opening Number. Tours include the 1st National Tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and FAME: The Musical. Some regional credits include performing at The MUNY, Paper Mill Playhouse, Casa Manana Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, Weathervane Playhouse, and the Palace Theatre.

    Caylie has worked in Ensemble, Principal, Dance Captain, Understudy, Swing, Associate Choreographer, and Associate Director positions. She has taught at Marymount Manhattan College and Circle in The Square Theatre School. Caylie currently shares her joy for dance while teaching at AMDA!

    This episode is proudly sponsored by Thrive Dance Experience. For more information, go to: https://thrivedanceexperience.com/




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    When we started this podcast almost 3 years ago, we never thought we would have a legend like Sheila Barker on our podcast as our very first guest! Sheila is a giant in the industry, a mentor, a motivator and part of history at Broadway Dance Center in NYC. We thought that we would drop this episode again, as this came out so long ago, for some of our new listeners, and for some to listen to again.

    Thank you Sheila Barker for all you do! You are loved by so many.

    Jam Fam, enjoy our 1st episode again, with Miss Sheila Barker

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    Hey Jam Fam, we are back with some Hot Topics straight from dance forums on social media. We talk compensation for teachers, guest teachers, artists in videos, competition costumes and a few other fun things. We hope you enjoy this episode!

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    Welcome back Jam Fam! We have a great episode for you featuring Natalie Nostrant and Kelli Guardin-Rooney, Owners and Directors of High Demand Dance Competition. High Demand believes in the artistry of the dancers and choreographers while expanding the dancers vocabulary and introducing an improv part of their competition (which is our favorite part). We talk all things comp, levels, costumes, improv and why they started High Demand. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

    High Demand Dance Competition is the product of two best friends, Natalie Nostrant & Kelli Rooney, who met in college and formed an immediate friendship through their shared passion for dance. They were both once young competitive dancers themselves and after college spent years as instructors and choreographers for competitive dance studios. Their diverse dance backgrounds and strong business and event planning skills led them to create the dance competition of their dreams for the young dancers like they once were. HD Dance is a reflection of their passion and love for dance and they are committed to bringing the dance community high-quality, innovative and inspiring events while providing a positive atmosphere for dancers to grow and learn! For more information, check out their website: https://www.hddancecompetition.com/

    This episode is proudly sponsored by Thrive Dance Experience! For more information, go to: https://thrivedanceexperience.com/

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    JAM Fam, welcome back! Today's episode is a must listen for studio directors and owners. Our fantastic guest, Laura Ward-Moran, advises and guides us through some scenarios of dance studio, dance teacher and director life. How to navigate difficult conversations and of course, all things dance.

    Laura Ward-Moran is a passionate and experienced individual who has dedicated over 26 years to a career in dance education and business ownership. She has a background in ballet, modern dance, and authentic Pilates and has established multiple successful businesses and dance programs. Laura is the founder of the college preparatory dance program at The John Carroll school, where she guides college-bound dancers. Her diverse experiences and dedication to dance education make her a valuable asset in mentoring and coaching roles for her business, Unparalleled Pursuits.
    https://unparalleledpursuits.com/

    We hope you are inspired by todays podcast with Laura Ward-Moran!

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    Today we feature a new performing arts program happening in NYC, Flourish! This program, founded and created by Alan Dornak, helps deliver additional training to individuals in the performing arts. Gathering some of the finest faculty in voice, acting and dance, Flourish is a one stop shop for aspiring performers.

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    Flourish Performing Arts is pleased to present an exciting new three-week musical theater training program based in Washington Heights - Upper Manhattan. Flourish prioritizes the individual needs of both the aspiring professional and the established performer seeking to further develop their craft. We hope you enjoy this episode of Jam with Alan Dornak.

    Flourish is not a traditional “school” that emphasizes curriculum and grades, but rather a community of passionate performers, teachers, and industry professionals working together to uncover and investigate hidden potential, expand and polish established attributes, and help craft a path to success. This summer is a launching point for future workshops, master classes and more extended curricular programs.

    Flourish Summer 2024 offers personalized attention focusing on, but not limited to, the three main disciplines of musical theater: Singing, Acting, and Dance. With a set weekly schedule that includes Individual Lessons, Coachings, Group Classes and Master Classes, participants will be encouraged to develop and deepen their personalized understanding of the performing craft. These three weeks will also offer professional development opportunities such as Audition Training, Resumé and Website Instruction, as well as Workshops with guest industry professionals.

    There is still time to register for this season. For more information go to:
    https://www.flourishperformingarts.com/

    This episode proudly sponsored by Thrive Dance Experience. For more information go to: https://thrivedanceexperience.com/

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    We are back Jam Fam, with our Midseason Chat! We love just chatting with one another all things dance, and our Hot Topics have been a hit with our listeners. This episode will not disappoint. Talking summer dance, dance intensives, guest teachers and a few other fun things, we hope you enjoy our episode made just for you!

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    Welcome back Jam Fam! We are so excited to share this fun episode with you featuring Connor Schwantes! Connor recently worked on the Tony nominated show, Days of Wine and Roses and is an incredible dance educator and choreographer. We dive into his early life in dance, football, and growing up with parents in the industry. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Connor!

    Connor Schwantes is a teacher, associate, and choreographer in theatre and JAZZ. Most recently acting as the Associate Choreographer on Days of Wine and Roses with Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James on Broadway. Connor has performed all over the USA and internationally, from cruise ships to NYC. Some favorites include American Dance Spectacular, Trip of Love, When Change Comes, Sophisticated Ladies, SNL, PBS, and Jimmy Fallon Late Night. After performing for over a decade, Connor has moved to making shows and building new pieces of art under Karla Puno Garcia. Some recent standouts are The Tony Awards 2023, Noir, Other World, and (upcoming) Ask for the Moon. Connor specializes in partnering, communicating dance to those who might call themselves singers, and making that "good jazzy" vibe in the room.

    This episode is proudly sponsored by Thrive Dance Experience. For more information, go to: https://thrivedanceexperience.com/

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    Welcome back Jam Fam! Today we talk with the fantastic Jenny Oehlwein, on stepping outside your comfort zone, fighting imposter syndrome, finding your place in the dance community, and of course, dance competitions! Jenny has a vast resume and is coming on strong in the Latin Jazz genre. Thank you Jenny for sharing your time with us. Jam Fam, we hope you enjoy another great episode featuring Jenny Oehlwein!

    Jenny grew up dancing in the competitive dance world and ballroom circuit. She graduated from Point Park University with a BA in Dance and a minor in Musical Theatre. She has made her career of performing, choreographing, directing, and judging across the globe. During college she had the privilege of training with Hubbard Street and River North for their company summer intensives. Upon graduating she took to the seas with Royal Carribean, singing and dancing. She continued her ballroom training there in shows choreographed by Louis Van Amstel, dancing with partners from all over the world. Upon moving to NYC a new opportunity fell into her lap working as a Rehearsal Director for a world-renowned entertainment company. Directing and installing casts for cruise-ships, theme-parks, industrial gigs, and occasionally assisting the casting team on their auditions. Some of Jenny's musical credits include- West Side Story, Legally Blonde, The Producers, The Bodyguard, the national tour of Elf, and Broadway Bares. Most recently Jenny was featured in Disney's 50th anniversary celebration concert as well as a Coca-Cola commercial. Additional commercial/tv credits include- Succession, Billions, Malouf, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Adventureland.

    As an educator she is very passionate about sharing her love of dance and helping people be their truest self in the room. She teaches on the convention level for Encore Extreme and Dinamic Dancers Inc. Jenny is a regional director for the competition Encore DCS and a proud judge on the IDA panel. She travels and teaches all over the country, inspiring the next generation of dancers. She considers herself lucky to have made a career out of her passion and to be able to help others find theirs.

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    Today we take a moment to highlight another great program in higher education, Salve Regina University. We were lucky enough to speak with Department Chair and Dance Program Coordinator, Lindsay Guarino, about this unique program. Lindsay also has had a hand in changing the program and has been involved in some incredible projects. Located in Rhode Island, this program has specialty focuses as well as flexibility. We hope you enjoy our chat today with Lindsay Guarino.

    Program overview:
    At Salve Regina University, the bachelor's degree in dance offers a transformative education through the study of dance in a liberal arts environment. Through the curriculum, students engage in critical dialogue, physical practice and creative production as they study dance history, theory, technique, performance, composition and pedagogy. Students develop their artistic voices across a range of styles, including jazz, contemporary, tap, hip hop and ballet. The curriculum emphasizes jazz studies with courses designed to honor, investigate and practice jazz as a historically Black American art form best understood through awareness of one's own identity and culture. Community is at the heart of Salve Regina's dance program with an environment that encourages and supports individuality, personal creativity, dynamic exchanges of energy, risk-taking and resilience - all enduring values within the jazz aesthetic.

    About Lindsay:
    Lindsay Guarino is a jazz dance artist, educator and scholar. As associate professor
    and department chair of Music, Theatre and Dance at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI she has grown the dance program from a minor to a B.A. focused in jazz and justice. As an educator and a leader, Lindsay prioritizes community at the heart of her practice and seeks to cultivate spaces where individuality is celebrated and recognized as vital to personal and collective growth. Lindsay’s commitment to revealing and preserving jazz dance in connection to its roots led her to co-edit Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches (University Press of Florida, 2014), and the award winning text Rooted Jazz Dance: Africanist Aesthetics and Equity in the Twenty-First Century (UPF, 2022). Through the National Dance Education Organization, Lindsay developed and planned two special topics jazz dance conferences (2016 & 2019) and developed and taught Jazz Dance Theory and Practice for their Online Professional Development Institute. She appears in and consulted on the documentary Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance (2020), available on HBO Max.

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    Welcome back Jam Fam! Today, we have a great conversation with Patrick Cook discussing the commercial dance scene, touring with some of the biggest artists in the world and teaching. Patrick brings to us a conversation that will especially those interested in performing in the commercial world. Some credits include:

    Performance with Renowned Artists: Toured with Taylor Swift and Paula Abdul, dancing alongside and for esteemed artists such as Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, BTS, and Harry Styles.

    Film and Television Experience: Performed in films such as "La La Land," "VICE," and "Spirited." Additionally, appeared on popular shows like "Two and a Half Men"

    We hope you enjoy our episode with our friend, Patrick Cook


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    Kicking off season 9 with a bang, we are excited to bring you this episode featuring creatives Hannah and Alex Isenberg! We highlight their three day intensive, Bridge The Gap, and discuss the industry and how to navigate the ins and outs of this ever changing landscape. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Hannah and Alex.

    Meeting as professional dancers in Los Angeles, Alex and Hannah joined forces to bring immersive classes, workshops and choreography to pre-professional and professional students across North America. With their 40+ years of combined experiences covering all avenues of the industry, Alex + Hannah's classes are designed to focus on the fundamentals of the discipline, as well as developing important performance techniques that apply both in and out of the classroom. They are both award-winning competitive dance choreographers, convention faculty members, adjudicators and in-studio recreational and competitive coaches. Alex and Hannah are currently choreographing for the 2024 Women of Inspiration Awards in Toronto this April.


    Outside of the dance world, Alex and Hannah make up the alt-pop music duo the Savage Patch Kidds, both working as writers and creative directors for their own work. They have been featured in Mundane Magazine, Canadian Musician Magazine and performed with the John Lennon Tour Bus, winning Love Song of the Year in 2021. They are excited to continue spreading the joy of genuine performance art across the nation this year and look forward to the opportunities that come their way!

    For more information on the Bridge The Gap Program, check out their website:
    https://www.isenbergent.com/

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    Jam Fam, hard to believe we have completed another season! Thank you to all that listen and follow!

    Our Season 8 wrap up is a conversation with Joe and Michelle talking about guest teachers for your studio, non compete contracts, levels at competition and a huge thank you to our season 8 guests. You don't want to miss this one!


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    And she's back! We were so happy to have Alicia back on the show, talking about Bold Dance Project, the dance world, dance competitions and all things dance. Alicia brings up some great things in this episode and we know you will enjoy every moment!

    Alicia Pociask is a Brooklyn based choreographer, director and educator. She attended Point Park University, receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Dance and Minor in Theater Arts. Alicia’s worked at theme parks and theaters around the country, performed in industrials for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and was a video tracked dancer for Pepsi. She spent her last performance years as a dancer with Holland America Cruise Line.

    Alicia spent 8 years as a resident show supervisor, choreographer, and director for the Emmy Award winning production company, RWS Entertainment Group where she choreographed five mainstage production shows for Holland America Cruise Line, was an associate choreographer for STEP ONE Dance Company, and directed and choreographed three mainstage shows for Azamara Club Cruises. Alicia had the honor of assisting Al Blackstone (SYTYCD) for the workshop of Crazy in Love, an original short musical written by Kooman and Dimond. Most recently Alicia choreographed six shows for Carowinds in Charlotte, NC and travels around the country as an audition instructor for Creative Studios by Norwegian Cruise Line.

    Alicia is extremely passionate and invested in the education of young performers. She travels around the world as a guest teacher, choreographer and judge and is the Owner of NYC based company bold dance project.

    instagram: @aliciarose33

    website: aliciapociask.com

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    Welcome back Jam Fam! We are so excited to share our episode featuring Miranda Spada with you, Another great conversation about dance, a dance teachers life and what mentoring means to her and our young dancers. Miranda shares some of her experiences in the dance world and we can't wait for you to listen today!

    Miranda Spada received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Dance from the University at Buffalo under the direction of Tom Ralabate. There she was a member of the prestigious Zodiaque Dance Company where she was able to work with numerous choreographers. She was honored with being named Director of Dancers Workshop for two years. After graduation, Miranda stayed in the Buffalo area where teaching opportunities opened and she found her passion. She is currently the Competition Director at Tonawanda Dance Arts and also directs and runs her own Mentorship Program called L.E.A.D. This program facilitates the growth of individuals who are looking to enhance their training and work towards pursuing a possible career in dance. She enjoys giving her students opportunities in and out of New York that enhance their dance journeys.

    She is involved with the More Than Just Great Dancing Organization under Misty Lown and is also certified in Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) and Modules 1 and 2 of Alixa Flexibility. Miranda also does guest teaching and choreography. Training under Larraine Susa, she continues to go back to her roots in PA to provide dance education. As Pennsylvania's Outstanding Young Woman for 2008, she was provided many opportunities to share her love of dance. Miranda is an adjudicator with many organizations within the Industry including IMPACT Dance Adjudicators, Eleve Dance Competition where she also helps run the Ambassador Program, Beyond The Stars, Breakout, AMP, and Guidance Dance Experience. She loves being able to pass on her education and passion to the next generation.

    Our episode today is proudly sponsored by Thrive Dance Experience! For more information, go to: https://thrivedanceexperience.com/


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    We talk all things dance with Miss Kosha! Kosha is a dance educator, mentor and entrepreneur, leading the way in the dance industry in the Pittsburgh area. We talk about working with young dancers, starting a business and creating curriculums and programs that work for YOUR studio. We hope you enjoy this fun episode with Kosha!

    As the founder of Dance Unleashed, Kosha brings over 16 years of experience as a studio owner,collaborating with industry peers and teachers.

    Acknowledged as a top leader, her work extends beyond teaching dance, encompassing mentorship and strategic partnerships within the dance community. Emphasizing the significance of class management and staff training, Kosha has cultivated a culture that values professionalism, creativity, and effective leadership. Her dedication extends to empowering individuals through dance, emphasizing the transformative power of movement and self-expression.

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    Angela has amassed a following on her Instagram page @fulltimedanceteacher. That is how we found her! We have used her quotes and nuggets of advice and finally said, we need her on the show!

    We had a fantastic talk with Angela about teaching, mentoring, and all things dance of course.

    Angela is a dance artist, choreographer, teacher and content creator based in Providence, RI. After training at the Dancing Arts Center in Holliston, MA, she received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Roger Williams University, where she was the recipient of the Kelli Wicke Davis Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award. Upon graduating, Angela was a 2017 Young Artist in Residence at Bearnstow, Maine, and then went on to perform as a freelance artist while teaching dance and fitness classes. Angela has danced for Natalie Johnson Dance in Cambridge, MA, and co-founded ProviDANCE Project, a contemporary dance collaborative with her artistic partner, Ellen Oliver. Angela is currently a company member at Providence Ballet Theatre, and also teaches dance throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts. When not dancing and teaching, Angela is busy creating online resources for dance teachers through her Instagram page, @fulltimedanceteacher.

    This episode is proudly sponsored by the LEAP Program. For more information, go to:
    https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/academics/liberal-arts/leap

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