Artists Becoming

Sarrah. Strimel. THIS conversation with WonderWoman, Former Broadway Showgirl, Founder of Damn Good Yoga & *Survivor* (in every sense of the word) left us crying all the happy, most inspired types of tears. Tune into the raw, riveting and resilient story of Sarrah’s Becoming in today’s episode, where we chat about living loudly with intention (...a bit about boys, boobs & backstage thrown in there too ;) #FanGirls since our very first Strimel Flow…🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️

Keep an eye out for Sarrah’s forthcoming book on surviving breast cancer, and follow along at @damngoodyoga  

Today’s SCBT unpacks the perils of performance anxiety — and its *many* manifestations— Join us as we pull from our own weighted wells of metabolizing pre-show/audition nerves... We chat boundary-setting around rituals, energy efficiency, the power of visualizing and provide language (and laughs) around the anxiety spectrum. 

***Disclaimer: We do not claim to be medical professionals/experts on what some experience as a crippling diagnosis. Our intention in holding space for this conversation is merely to provide a safe conversation for resonance around a common experience that can be at best facilitative, and at worst debilitative.

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This ‘Rogue Ballerina’ needs no introduction—Georgina Pazcoguin was born to blaze trails. In today’s conversation with NYCB Soloist, Broadway Star, co-founder of Final Bow for Yellowface and newly minted Authoress of ‘Swan Dive’ : The Making of a Rogue Ballerina. We follow the twists & turns of a truly original, courageous and expansive artist, becoming. We chat “fitting in,” forging new paths of expression, the “cost” of authenticity, and long-overdue representation across classical ballet. We’re here for her (trust) falls as much as her flight. Enjoy. 

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‘Swan Dive: the making of a Rogue Ballerina’ available now, where books are sold.

Today’s SCBT unravels the always relevant & inevitable reality of Career Transitions & navigating the twists & turns of a performing artist’s path. 
We chat strategies for sieving through curiosities, following the *right* pings, indulging our own hummingbird’s journey, and designing our brutiful paths with intention. 

Note well the 🔥 tips for translating your talent, buying time with language & transparency & leaning into some good ol’ beginner’s luck. 

🕺🏽💃🏼 Artists Becoming Guest Star @GarenScribner puts it well: “We are disco balls. We are so many sided and so many things… Just move the ball a little bit, Move. The. Ball.”

🤓 Book Rec: Designing Your Life: Bill Burnett & Dave Evans | Read, repeat. Read, repeat. 

❕Disclaimer: ‘transition’ doesn’t necessarily mean leaving the industry entirely or moving past your dream — transition describes the act/process of passing from one state, stage, place, or subject to another. It’s another word to articulate change, or as some might say. . . ‘becoming’ 💫✌🏼

In this expansive chat with Joseph Walsh, we follow heart pings & crack codes on drowning out doubts, bullying, the toxicity of grit-competition, and the social stigmas inherent with “coming out” as a *male* dancer. Joseph speaks intentionally on the pivot points of jumping companies, the hard-earned respect of your rank & the power of tribe (corps de ballet) to support & feel supported in what often feels like a thankless climb to the “top”. This Guest Artist chat had us Questioning the “self-care” standard of the performing arts industry, the actual “suppression cost” of embodying present-ness on stage, and our conditioning to grin & bare it as self-elected, “save the day” dancers. Joe’s changing the game as an Artist, becoming & we’re double tapping. 🤩💯👍

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The daily grind, the hustle, tryin’ to climb our way to the top ...we’ve got a LOUD secret to share: You are your own ticket 🎫! That’s it. Join us for this Inside Out ☕️ chat, where we unpack jealousy/competition, share reframes that empowered our experience with these slippery slopes. . . & circle it all back to boundary work✌🏼

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Sabrina Imamura is so many layers of lovely. A Ballerina turned Broadway star, this University of Michigan alum embodies the essence of becoming with every song, dance, setback and story that’s informed her original brand of artistry. Join us for this *real talk* that unpacks the inequities of Asian/Asian-American representation on Broadway stages and challenges the obvious limitations of type-casting… We question white-lens story-telling and speak power into conversations around mental health and performance anxiety — From the “no’s” that led Sabrina to Hamilton, to the ways she proactively manages the mental/physical health tolls of an 8-show week, this one left us beguiled.💫

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The longest relationship we’ll have is the one with our bodies—our tools, our temples. In this SCBT, we cut through the loaded, complicated & filtered perception of body “image”. It’s an orientation, a pressured, triggering dance between appreciation & frustration, gratitude & disdain… Ultimately asking us to rewrite our scars into our stories. Join us in this short, powerful ‘walk’ towards embodiment as we toggle between our dramatically different experiences with body image x ballet, and beyond…

Kathryn Morgan is a game-changing Ballerina & YouTube Star committed to showing up for the next generation of young artists. In this raw & expansive chat, she shares the impacts of young ascension to “stardom” and the setbacks/hard-earned lessons of understanding *her* healthy. She speaks about integrating the challenging seasons of her history & career, proactively, and guides us through the journey of her becoming. Together, we explore the power of social-media honesty, transparency around health, navigating mentorships and the importance of community-based healing. Kathryn’s redefining the “Ballerina” persona… a #GirlBoss making waves that we’re here to ride. Enjoy! 💫🤩

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What if we saw Rejections as Permission Slips?  Permission to re-orient our game plan, to rewrite the story we’re telling ourselves... to realign on what it is we’re actually seeking out? As Performing Artists, we are seasoned at receiving the “NO” — but how can we leverage the  signs we encounter on our way to the Top? Today’s SCBT covers attachment, idealizing, discernment & metabolizing feedback in ways that work👏for👏you👏 Tune in & Listen loudly. XOXO

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