This week is all about meeting children where they are, developmentally. Carly discusses how we can better talk about working with children, Hannah explains the when children just need a "buddy" and Hannah and Carly start a new podcast showing you all the ways not to podcast.

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This week, Carly and Hannah sit down with former Knicks City Dancer, LaToya Brooks. As an extremely talented, professional and diverse performer LaToya speaks about her dance path and current teaching style. The women also discuss classroom culture, individuality and the trauma of not nailing that pirouette at competition.

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Latoya: @toyababy282

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This week's episode is all about the constant power struggle that can develop in any relationship. Hannah helps Carly problem solve about reasoning with young children, power struggles, and what to do when your class is just having an off day. They also touch on the power of dance, and how finding the right teacher at a young age is so crucial.

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After taking a break from recording, Carly and Hannah are full of energy and opinions. In this week’s episodes they discuss the importance of children finding their own independence, how true mastery of any subject means they can teach it to their peers, and how to cultivate the culture you want in your classroom. They give some challenges to their guests so be sure to listen and follow up!

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This week Hannah and Carly talk with Brigid Myers Zuknick, Grants and Alumni Director with Baltimore School for the Arts.

They talk about the importance of arts education, the many career paths of dance, and how teenagers and toddlers sleep all day.

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This week Hannah and Carly sit down with Carly's longtime friend Jody Tiburzi, a public school dance instructor. They talk about how dance allows students to express themselves, working within a public school system, and how different age children respond to dance.

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Jody: @jody_monster

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This week Hannah and Carly decide to record even though the odds aren’t in their favor. Hannah had a hard day and deemed it appropriate to process her thoughts and feelings while recording. They dive deep into the concept of gossip and how it affects us as children and adults. They discuss the challenge of friendships, how childhood habits carry-on into adulthood, and how to handle wild screaming fits.

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On this episode, Carly and Hannah go back to their roots discussing the pressure from students’ parents, exploiting tragedy for a trophy, and their longing for more musical theatre. They’re both over sad contemporary dances; bring on the age appropriate fun dances!

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In this episode Hannah and Carly sit down with Hannah’s best friend from college and dive into what it is like to teach your peers, combining friends with work, and share a whole lot of laughs. The three dancers turned teachers also discuss Jenna’s love of Beer and as the self proclaimed “Beer BB”, her exploration to try it everywhere she goes.

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JRae: @jrae13 @thebeerbb

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In this episode, Hannah and Carly sit down with Ariel, a former ballet dancer turned Montessori School Teacher based in Seattle. They discuss the positive and negative sides of ballet, body image, and their shared love of teaching.

Ariel Lantz is an Upper Elementary Montessori guide in Seattle. She started dancing at age 3 and studied ballet, jazz, tap, and hip hop growing up. She continued to dance as her family moved to Bolivia, England, then Kuwait. In high school, Ariel began teaching ballet to children ages 3-9 and performing in musical theatre productions. Ariel stopped dancing in college, and pursued an Elementary teaching career. She taught abroad for 3 years before doing her Masters in Montessori Education. Today, when she is not in the classroom, Ariel can be found in the yoga studio, climbing gym, or out hiking the trails of the Cascade range.

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Carly: @CarlyFayedance

Hannah: @hannahenggg

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