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Claudia Dean is a former dancer of The Royal Ballet. She trained at The Royal Ballet School and graduated into the Royal Ballet Company in 2010, as one of only 6 Australian dancers to achieve this honour. During her time with the Royal Ballet she performed in a number of productions. Claudia made her Principal role debut with the Royal Ballet Company in 2013.
 After 4 years she decided it was time to head home to Australia and she retired from professional dancing.
 Claudia, however still had a passion and love for the art and so launched
 her private ballet coaching business in January 2015.
 Claudia is well renowned for her private ballet coaching & worldwide ‘Class with Claudia’ Intensive Tours. She also created her luxury dancewear brand, Collections by Claudia, in 2017.
 Claudia has also launched an online coaching platform for dancers called Coach Me where there are over 150 skill changing KEY exercises, to transform your technique, strength, flexibility and confidence. 
Coach Me: https://coachme.world/
Claudia Dean World: https://claudiadeanworld.com/

Don't forget to listen to the end to hear the discount code for 15% off your purchases at 
https://dancedesire.com.au/

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Chatting with Charlie is back this season and has a fabulous new format. In this episode Charlie shares what you can expect to hear in her short and sharp interviews.
 Charlie delivers a quick, quirky and funny performer profile of some of your favourite people in the dance and performing arts industry. Charlie will ask those questions you’ve always wanted to know about your favourite dancers. Find out their favourite foods, places to travel and movies. 
Check out this episode to find out more of what you can expect from Chatting with Charlie and a little more about host Charlie.
Looking forward to sharing these quick fire interviews with you. 

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After two epic seasons of Dance Matters Podcast we are back for Season 3. Join us for a preview of what you can expect to hear in what is destined to be an amazing season.
In this preview we reveal our first guest for Season Two.
Thank you to Crystalized Costumes:
https://www.instagram.com/crystalizedcostumes/?hl=en
And
Adrenaline Dance Competitions
https://www.adrenalinedancecomp.com.au/
For coming onboard as sponsors for Season 3

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Sarah Boulter is one of Australia’s most highly sought after choreographers. As a dancer Sarah was often employed due to her choreographic talent.

She had a very successful career as a dancer working internationally.

Sarah spent two years living in Las Vegas, where she had the amazing opportunity of working in the Celine Dion show A New Day.

As a choreographer she has worked on  "Enter The Vortex" by the Dream Dance Company, the television show- Dance Academy, The Opening Ceremony of the Arab Games , SYTYCD UK and Australia season 1, 2, 3 & 4, The Voice and Puberty Blues.

As well as performing and creating Sarah finds passion in teaching. She has taught all around the world receiving much acclaim.

It was because of this passion that she opened Ev and Bow full time training Centre with Lisa Bowmer. Ev and Bow is renowned for its contemporary full time courses and has recently expanded to include a Junior Company.

You can find out more information at:

http://www.evandbow.com/

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Erin Pompa (Pride) is the host and founder of Dance Boss Podcast as well as the creator of Dancepreneur Academy. 

After dancing professionally and then teaching dance at schools for a number of years, she reached a point where her job was not as fulfilling as it used to be. Going in search of ways to monetize her passion Erin created the Dance Boss Podcast and her online coaching program. She is now helping people in the dance industry to find ways to monetize their work in an online space. 

You can find out more information at https://erinpride.com/

You can listen to episodes of Dance Boss Podcast at https://erinpride.com/dance-boss-podcast

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Dylan and Berkeley Ratzlaff are both amazing dancers from Canada who grew up training in all styles of dance and performing in the competition world.

Dylan and Berkeley both appeared on the hit television show The Next Step. They also performed in Disney’s Descendants 3 and most recently Honey Girls.

Together they have also created a very popular YouTube channel -Sweet and Salty. 

When they aren’t creating content for their YouTube channel the young ladies are busy teaching and choreographing dance.

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Berkeley  Ratzlaff is an amazing dancer from Canada who grew up training in all styles of dance and performing in the competition world.

Berkeley appeared on the hit television show The Next Step. She also performed in Disney’s Descendants 3 and most recently Honey Girls.

Join Charlie as she asks Berkeley  the hard questions such as which other character in The Next Step she would most like to have played, her least favorite food and favorite Avenger character. 

Make sure you check out Dylan’s  chat with Charlie as well as our full interview with Dylan and Berkeley on Dance Matters Podcast.

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Dylan  Ratzlaff is an amazing dancer from Canada who grew up training in all styles of dance and performing in the competition world.

Dylan appeared on the hit television show The Next Step. She also performed in Disney’s Descendants 3 and most recently Honey Girls.

Join Charlie as she asks Dylan the hard questions such as which other character in The Next Step she would most like to have played, her favorite food and favorite holiday destination. 

Make sure you check out Berkeley’s chat with Charlie as well as our full interview with Dylan and Berkeley on Dance Matters Podcast.

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Mitchell Fistrovic is an accomplished professional dancer who has graced many stages. He has appeared in many musicals including; Frozen, Chicago, Saturday Night Fever, Aladdin, Strictly Ballroom, Marry Poppins and Wicked just to name a few. 

Jackie Scott has 37 years of performance experience and has trained thousands of students. She was the Education and Training Manager at Ausdance Victoria and the Director of The Ministry of Dance in North Melbourne. Jackie is also the founder of Keep Kids Safe in Dance. 

Together they have created a unique training program- Rise.

RISE is a week-long holiday program that gives young dancers and singers the opportunity to collaborate with industry professionals to improve their mental health, strengthen their resilience and improve their skills. 

RISE is on a mission to lead a culture shift in the performing arts industry and raise healthy and positive young people in the performing arts!

https://www.riseperform.com.au/

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Chris Duncan has been involved in the Dance and Performing Arts Industry for a lifetime. From beginning her career as a dancer and studio owner Chris transitioned to the roles of Agent, Manager, Adjudicator and Producer of Dance related media and competitions. 

In 2012 Chris took the reigns at DanceLife  and since then has grown the brand phenomenally to now reach 25,000 dancers across Australia with the DanceLife Australia online blog and free information service to the industry. 

DanceLife Unite has also undergone massive expansion from a Sydney-based competition to now being one of Australia’s largest troupe and soloist competition. 

Recently Chris decided to turn all of this knowledge and experience into a book. Her first book, Dance Boss is a book designed  to empower Dance Business owners of all types with the tools, knowledge and experience she has gained over a career spanning 35 years and help fast-track their success and navigate the inevitable highs and lows.