Community Time

This week we're sitting down with Clayton Maderia to have real talk about masculinity and femininity in dance - and how DivaDance brought Clayton's dreams of dancing in heels to life. We get the exclusive on his drawer of tea, how he got the nickname "Quicksand" and.... could there be a Slaycation cruise coming?!

Clayton's Instagram: @claytonscomedy

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Join us for a chat with our 2022 Instructor of the Year, Javi! You'll hear about our dance inspirations and the creative approach to creating a champagne quality class experience!

Javi Instagram: @javiolobolo2

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We're back!

We are so thrilled to be back in the studio with our first guest Chantel Serita, manager of DivaDance® Sandy Springs. We talk to Chantel about self-care, self-love, and her journey to becoming a BossBabe. Find out how you can support Chantel's goal of becoming a DivaDance franchise owner: https://tinyurl.com/roadtobossbabe

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As we continue to celebrate Black Music Appreciation Month, we talk to Ashley-Lauren Elrod from our amazing DivaDance® NYC clients. She's been in some of our online class videos, and a client for over two years. Not only is Ashley a vibrant member of the DivaDance community, but she's also an accomplished singer/musician and runs her own casting company called Visionary Woman Productions.

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Lydia Pappas was our very first hire in our very first franchise outside of NYC and Austin. An Atlanta native, this colorful instructor from our DivaDance® DC squad discusses how she pivoted from politics to sales, who her favorite Gaga is, the community she's discovered, and how much fun her classes are.

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Lydia Pappas was our very first hire in our very first franchise outside of NYC and Austin. An Atlanta native, this colorful instructor from our DivaDance® DC squad discusses how she pivoted from politics to sales, who her favorite Gaga is, the community she's discovered, and how much fun her classes are.

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This month, we’re celebrating PRIDE at DivaDance®. 

What we love most about Pride month is that it brings ALL people together. Pride is colorful, fun, full of love, and that’s what we hope DivaDance embodies as well! We really celebrate Pride YEAR ROUND! 

This year, knowing that most folks wouldn’t be able to celebrate Pride how they normally would, we felt we had a chance to bring Pride into people’s homes through our live-streaming class and through virtual events. But rather than our HQ making all the programming selections, we assembled a Committee, made up of folks who are part of DivaDance that are also passionate about celebrating the LGBTQ+- to create an authentic and fun virtual celebration for the DivaDance community and beyond!

Let's welcome REBECCA THOMPSON (she/her) from our Chicago squad, who is a member of the first-ever PRIDE Committee.

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We meet Brielle Welch - a client-turned-instructor from our DivaDance® New York City squad who is a former public school teacher now advocating for educators across the country. We'll hear about her life in quarantine in the Big Apple and why dancers of all body types should think of themselves as having "dancers' bodies."

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So this episode is not what we expected our next topic to be. We had a whole plan for instructor interviews, client interviews, and clients asking questions like, "Which Spice Girl are you?" But given what's happening in the world, we felt it urgent and important to record a little something for our community that speaks to the uncertainty and overwhelm of COVID-19 that we know we're all feeling.

Meet Natalie Moore, who is a certified registered nurse anesthetist. She's also a mom, an instructor, and a newly-minted franchise owner of DivaDance® Florida Suncoast. 

We have a responsibility to our community, nationwide, to educate and empower them so that we can do our part to get to the finish line of this coronavirus crisis faster, but at the same time, I know we are all trying to find our temporary new normal. Normal to me means still trying to find humor and light in anything we're experiencing. So if it's okay with you, we'd like to laugh a little during this episode, but by the way, it's also okay if you cry.

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In the first episode of the "Community Time" podcast, DivaDance® Founder and CEO Jami Stigliano talks to a true original of DivaDance®, owner Molly Moore. Molly not only brought DivaDance® to Chicago last year but she's also an icon within the brand. She's not just Molly, she's THE Molly. You'll hear all about her journey, what made her want to become a business owner, her experience, what's hard and most importantly, what's fun!

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