Carly and Hannah have been trying to secure Doug Hamby as a guest forever! Finally, in the midst of his retirement, the tenured professor from Carly & Hannah’s Alma Mater, UMBC, sits down for an in depth conversation. The 3 discuss the challenges of starting dance at an older age, how much New York’s art scene has changed, and the shift he has seen in his 33 year long run at a University. He shares incredible stories of his time with Martha Graham’s company, and Carly has the chance to share what an impact he had on her dance career. There was no shortage of questions for Doug since he experienced the golden age of art, and has had such a long career. He answers them all tenfold.

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Doug Hamby: @hambydouglas

Carly: @CarlyFayedance

Hannah: @hannahmae92

Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings

Carly and Hannah excitedly sit down with professional dancer, master teacher, and choreographer Grace Buckley this week. Grace shares her relatable and inspiring story of burn out, and how she currently keeps her passion for dance alive. She shares stories from her hyper competitive past, the challenges of getting back into dance as an adult, and recovering from an injury on her first professional tour. As a choreographer for World of Dance, she also gives us a little sneak peak into choreographing for the camera, and the high pressure stakes of TV.

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Grace: @gracebuckleychoreography

Carly: @CarlyFayedance

Hannah: @hannahmae92

Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings

This week Carly & Hannah chat with fellow competition judge and studio owner Jessica Wellington. They learn about the indirect path that lead Jessica to owning The Pennsylvania Dance Company, the ups and the downs. Carly & Hannah are flabbergasted by how Jess was treated by her former agent, but impressed by how she bounced back. They discuss how dance can bring anyone confidence, and how important that was for Jessica growing up.

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Jessica: @pa_dance_co @jesswellington49

Website: www.Dancer-fitness.com

Carly: @CarlyFayedance

Hannah: @hannahmae92

Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings

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This week Carly and Hannah sit down with competitive dancer turned personal trainer, Katie Groven. Katie is an ACSM certified personal trainer, and the creator of Dance-fitness.com. The 3 women dive deep into how important cross training, and strength training is for dancers, starting at the age of 6! Carly and Hannah learn a lot of anatomy, and Katie shares some helpful, tangible exercises for any dance teacher to introduce into their class. They discuss body image, and how showing girls how STRONG they can be may help combat all those nasty self destructive thoughts. Check out dancer-fitness.com to learn more, and gain access to Katie’s incredible online data base designed to transform competitive dancers into athletic powerhouses! 

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Katie: @dancer_fitness.com_  @katiegroven

Website: www.Dancer-fitness.com

Carly: @CarlyFayedance

Hannah: @hannahmae92

Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings

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This week Carly & Hannah sit down with professional dancer, choreographer, & educator Nicole Ruark. As a former colleague, Hannah was impressed by her attention to detail and versatility. The three dive into the pressures of a performing career, and the challenges of recovering from injuries. They dive deep into the importance of diversifying your education and not getting pushed into a box. They touch on their favorite subject, college dance and how she educated her students! 

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Nicole: @nruark

Carly: @CarlyFayedance

Hannah: @hannahmae92

Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings

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This week Carly and Hannah sit down with their favorite studio owner, former employer, and mentor Jeanne Mattis. The 3 reminisce about the time spent together at Design in Motion, and their shared Alma Mater UMBC. Jeanne shares touching stories from her childhood as well as some tips for other studio owners! The conversation is full of joy from start to finish. It will remind you how amazing and therapeutic dance, connection, and serving others can be! 

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Instagram: @designinmotion

Designinmotiondance.com

Carly: @CarlyFayedance

Hannah: @hannahmae92

Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings

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This week Carly & Hannah excitedly sit down with a familiar face from their competition days. Steve Wappel, Founder & Owner of Starquest International, has owned an extremely successful dance competition for 27 years. The 3 reminisce about the days where he handed them trophies, and what it was like to have a daughter competing at your own competition. They dive deep into how competitions and dance studios have changed, and gain some inside information on the future of dance competitions. Steve shares interesting stories from his performance past, his stage managing days, to his current competition endeavors.

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Steve: @stevewappel

Starquest: @starquestdance

www.Starquestdance.com

Carly: @CarlyFayedance

Hannah: @hannahmae92

Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings

Contact: [email protected]

You asked for it, and you got it! This week Carly & Hannah respond to the overwhelming amount of requests to record without a guest. They catch up, and do some checking in with how their year is going and what they’re working on. Then they dive into some emails, and questions from listeners about a variety of topics, including: using social media in the dance studio, is it ever too late to start dance, and why there is still a gender gap in the dance world. They have a great time getting back to basics.

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Carly: @CarlyFayedance

Hannah: @hannahmae92

Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings

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This week Carly & Hannah discuss the ever popular subject of how dancers continue dancing after graduation day! They sit down with expert, LaWanda Raines, BFA from VCU, MFA from St. Mary’s College. The three women discuss the challenges of educating teens on the variety of dance careers, the value of representation in the dance world, and how much more work the dance community and society have to do. LaWanda elaborates on how many options are out there, and how your path is not always the most straight forward. She even shares some audition horror stories, and a sweet favorite memory.

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Carly: @CarlyFayedance

Hannah: @hannahmae92

Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings

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This week Carly and Hannah sit down with fellow Baltimore native, and now NYC resident, Courtney Ortiz. The three discuss how competitive dance has significantly changed over the years, in both positive and negative ways, and Courtney shares brutally honest opinions about the competitive dance world. As a dance professional, and sought after teacher, Courtney also discusses the deep respect she had for her teachers growing up, and the life lessons she learned from dance competitions. Carly & Hannah are most impressed by her starting her own company, Impact Dance Adjudicators, to fill a need that the competition market desperately needed. Impact Dance Adjudicators is the only company to supply dance competitions with pre-screened, educated Adjudicators who have working industry knowledge in all styles of dance, as well as teachers of all ages and levels in the classroom.

Courtney also offers a discount to listeners for IDA’s online judges critiques! Promo code below!

Website: https://www.impactdanceadjudicators.com/ https://www.impactdanceadjudicators.com/onlinecritiques Use promo code: PODCAST to receive 10% off of online critiques!

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Carly: @CarlyFayedance

Hannah: @hannahmae92

Courtney: @courtney.ortiz @impactdanceadjudicators

Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings

Contact: [email protected]