Tony danced among Forsythe’s Frankfurt Ballet for many years and performed for Jan Fabre among others. He has been creating his own pieces and teaching ballet for decades.

His view of ballet is out of the ordinary and he brings passion and fullness to everything he does. I find Tony exceptionally inspiring and wanted to share with you a dash of his story and guidance.

Book your tickets for his new show @Frankfurt LAB

In this special double-host episode, Wouter and Alix share their experience as "Corona-podcasters". How did they manage the lockdowns as freelancers? What made them start this new journey? What is it like to be juggling with dance and other passions? 

Wouter Vertogen is the founder and CEO of The Freelancer Talk as well as a freelance dancer and teacher based in Rotterdam (Netherlands). Follow him on instagram @rebellevertogen and join his community of creative freelancers to showcase your portfolio, connect with other freelancers and find your next projects on the platform thefreelancertalk.com.

Julia Schunevitsch is a dancer / martial artist / professional stunt woman. She keeps switching from one discipline to another, creating her unique path between the performing arts and art of fight and self-control.

In this episode, she shares how she ended up being the double of Hollywood stars, her travel to Indonesia and the search for her genuine style.

Hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

Working as a souffleuse for an opera allows you to embody every single character of the piece and live the performance at its fullest, being connected to the singers, the musicians and the chef of the orchestra. Fabienne Jost has been working at the Komische Oper Berlin for the past 6 years after a career of 20 years as an opera singer through Germany and Europe.

Get to know about her job and her passion for text in this episode.

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Fanny Rognone approaches asanas under her architect eye. While she was completing her teacher training, she launched a blog that became famous very fast and the family of B.K.S. Iyengar (an Indian guru) commissioned her to illustrate a book. A 3 years journey started...

Fanny is now teaching in Nice (South of France) in her yoga studio called Super Studio (www.superstudio.yoga) and online since the start of the pandemic.

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The Pill and other hormonal contraceptives shut down your brain in order to avoid pregnancy.

With Jenny Koos aka Vulverine - a Justisse reproductive health practitioner and a faculty member of the Justisse College International - discover how hormonal contraception really works.

Disclaimer: this episode is not against the Pill. It gives information about hormonal contraceptives to encourage active choice making instead of passive acceptance.

I highly recommend that you checkout a previous episode called “What are the different phases of a menstrual cycle?” if you are not familiar with this topic.

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Yukie has a double curve S-shaped-scoliosis. She was bullied as a kid, told by her doctor that she would be in a wheelchair by the age of 16, told by the director of her dance academy that she would never be a dancer but she chose to travel from the Netherlands to America to make her dream come true.

Today, she has to navigate the dance world with its "being straight" standard, face the ignorance of many people and the emotional challenges of being a dancer but she wouldn't trade that life for anything.

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Yukie gives Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis classes in Amsterdam at Full Circle Studio and online. You can contact her at [email protected].

Weronika Frodyma was followed by the director Aneta Popiel-Machnicka and her husband, Michał Popiel-Machnicki for the documentary called "Sometimes I dream I'm flying" released in 2013. During 6 years, from the Warsaw Ballet School to the Berlin Staatsballett, the two Polish cinematographers got to film her professional and private life, in the dance studio, on stage, at home, in hospital and more.

Get to know Weronika's impressions on this experience and how this chapter of her life - approached from the angle of frustration, loneliness and pain - made her grow and blossom.

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The documentary is available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuOtBdghrjY

The inventor of Flying low and the founder of TIC TAC art center started dancing in clubs in Venezuela with his sister before moving to New York and setting the dance floor on fire with disco dance. In night clubs, he met good dancers and invited them to explore movement in a studio he rented.

It's only later that David Zambrano met the floor ; after an injury. What started with rolls then developed into a worldwide language known as Flying low before Passing through and couple dance came along. After more than thirty years of travelling, David decided to take a 10 years "rock star" break in Brussels and build his temple ; TIC TAC.

Discover his full story in this episode.

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Find David Zambrano in TIC TIC art centre: tictacartcentre.com

While many people have trouble squatting, people from some cultures and demographics seem to find it easy and comfortable.

Is the deep squat impossible for me because I am from a different culture and background? Is it possible but it will take time? Is it possible but it will take generations? Tomislav English, a mover and researcher - who in 2015 founded Ferus Animi //Terra Nova movement research - will answer these questions by taking us through anthropological, cultural, biomechanical and philosophical knowledge and more.

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Find Tomislav and his collective on ferus-animi-terra-nova.org and on instagram @ferus.animi.terra.nova.