Tiler Peck, principal ballerina with New York City Ballet talks training, streaming class on socials, and finding herself AND HER STRENGTH thanks to the most challenging time of her life.This episode is all about flipping the question: “Why is this happening to me” into “How is this happening for me?” and THAT is a winning mindset.

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New York Times Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/arts/dance/tiler-peck.html

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Transcript:

Intro: This is words that move me, the podcast where movers and shakers like you get the information and inspiration you need to navigate your creative career with clarity and confidence. I am your host master mover Dana Wilson. And if you're someone that loves to learn, laugh and is looking to rewrite the starving artists story than sit tight, but don't stop moving because you're in the right place.  

Dana: Hey everybody, and welcome to the podcast. I am so excited that you're here. I am very excited about this episode and I'm very excited to try something new for the beginning of every episode. Um, yeah, I think I'm gonna make a new habit. Tell me if you love it. Tell me if you hate it. I actually mean that. I want you to give me the feedback. So, uh, send me a message at words that move me podcast or we could do a little callback from episode seven and you can toe vote. Toe voting is a game nay an art form that my husband invented and I talked about in episode seven. I use this game when I'm going through the airport, but you can use it right now or all the time. Toe voting is, um, when you silently and invisibly vote in favor or against, um, someone's choices or behavior out there in the world. It is silent. It is invisible. It is just for you. But, uh, the toe vote works like this. Your little toes and your shoes will respond either by jumping up and down and approval or frowning and digging themselves into the floor. That's what a toe vote is. Um, we're back. My new top of the cast habit is called wins. Now, I did not invent the concept of starting with wins. Actually, I became familiar with this concept. Thanks to my acting teacher, Gary Imhoff who teaches the professional artists workshop here in Los Angeles. Cannot say enough great things about Gary. But, um, it's been awhile since I took an acting class. It's been awhile since I did wins and I cannot think of a better time to, uh, remind ourselves of the things that are going well then this very moment. So here is how wins works. I'll go ahead and start.  

All right. I'm actually busier than I have ever been, which is ironic because I'm a person whose work almost exclusively depends on large groups of people. Um, but I'm getting to do a lot of things that I've always wanted to do. Number one, train more. It seems like a lot of people are offering Instagram live or otherwise livestreams classes. I think it's so much fun. It's very cool. Um, another win, I actually added curtains to my dance space, um, which required a sewing machine and a power drill, which usually gives me the nervous fields. Um, but because I had to use it for like an hour, I got really solid. I'm much more confident with my power tool skills right now than I was, uh, a week or so ago.