And You Will Dance Podcast

Burju Perez is a mommy of two, wife, former professional Latin Dancer and CEO and lead designer, of the world renowned quality, customizable professional dance shoe/dance heels brand Burju Shoes, based out of Massachusetts. Burju was born in Istanbul Turkey prior to immigrating to the United States. As an adult, she began her professional career by studying International Business at Boston University, prior to landing a job in banking. Burju began Latin dancing in college, w...

Paula Ayotte is a professional dancer, entertainer, former marine scientist, model, actress and inspirerer based out of Los Angeles. Paula Ayotte started her professional dance journey in the 1980s when she was in her 20s, working gigs such as the Disneyland Christmas Parade, Sesame Street Live U.S. tour, the Las Vegas Show “Splash at the Riviera” was a backup dancer for a Latina Artist in Mexico City and roller skating as an Apple on the Newhart show. She had a shift in careers i...

Ariana discusses five ways to return to yourself and your creativity that helped her after moving through a period of overwhelm, loss and imbalance. In this episode, Ariana’s starting point of conversation is the importance of recognizing when you need to take a step back and take care of yourself.

Emily Leibert is a writer, journalist, reporter, former NFL cheerleader, former public relations professional and dancer who is originally from Southern California and is now based out of New York City and is currently attending New York University in pursuit of her Master’s Degree in journalism.Emily previously attended USC, where her peak interest into the world of entertainment began and she studied broadcast journalism in the Public Relations field. After three years of experience a...

Sarah Baudner is a 32 year old woman with ambition based out of Vancouver Canada who has always had dance and fitness as a big part of her life and created her dance fitness brand, Rock Your Baudy. In an effort to connect with her friends from the eastern coast during the early days of the worldwide pandemic, she created her virtual dance fitness brand, a combination of HIT cardio with modern dance moves with an upbeat playlist to get her participants sweating and moving. Her clas...

In this episode, Ariana recollects the feeling of self-doubt and the pressure of the creative process. After receiving a message from a friend, her self-doubt in the creative process began to unfold and reveal the importance and the realness to the meaning "Create from Truth", as quoted by Kobe Bryant. The episode serves as a reminder that all that you need is already within you.Instagram: @andyouwilldance; @ari_sanchez

Tess Henderson is a professional Interior Designer. Founder, Creative Director, and Principal Designer of Tess Interiors based out of Los Angeles California. Also, Tess is a lover of all things beautiful, an adrenaline junkie, dog mom, sister, daughter, auntie, girlfriend, and an all around empath. A creative experimenter at heart, she had always found opportunities in the ability to create. Growing up, she was introduced to the idea of interior design by her mother and expe...

Sasha Lewis is a blogger, graphic artist, dancer, mental health and well-being advocate and single mama to a two year old baby girl. Sasha didn’t always think that her creative journey would lead her to blogging. In fact, she always believed dance was going to be her way. However when she was in her teens, her world was flipped upside down when she was told after an accident that she was never going to be able to do the things she loved to do, and her struggle to understand ...

Kobe Bryant, best known as the NBA superstar for his 20 year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and leading them to 5 championship rings, an 18 time all star and a man who coined the term Mamba Mentality and who displayed relentless work ethic on and off the court - was also a creative. In the second act of his career, he began to build a new empire in the entertainment and storytelling world with one mission - to inspire the next generation. Kobe combined his worlds and love for ...

Jonathan Dixon is a photographer, artist, Black creative, adventurist and lover of the outdoors who works to capture the magic of moments through photos. Jon is from Ventura, CA and has always had a passion for photography. However, it wasn’t until 3 years ago in 2018, after much time spent going through the motions working in an industry where he lacked passion, he decided to walk down the street on his lunch break and make a purchase of his first professional camera - the first ...