She's just a dancer

Today we're joined by our fabulous friend Ruth Mair Howard-Jones and her ballerina daughter Agnes who is well on her way to achieve her goal of becoming a prima ballerina at one of the most prestigious dance companies in the world. At just 16 Agnes has already earned her ARAD and the mother- daughter team are here today to talk about the importance of not pushing yourself too hard...sounds strange? Not at all-tune in to learn about why non-stop hustle definitely isn't the way to go.

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"Be a nice person" is the advice our podcast guests have given most often during our chats. But what does it mean? Smiling all of the time? Accepting people walking all over you? How can you be "nice" all of the time and what does it have to do with being successful?
We believe in the power of treating people with respect and attracting positivity with positivity- find out how it can work for you.
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Today we're having a little rant. Apologies for a somewhat negative episode, but as dancers who were trained for decades based on fundamental notions of posture, efficiency of movement and biomechanics of the human movement we are very passionate about preserving the basics of our dancing. On a positive note-  we have a new email address where you can send us your thoughts, comments and suggestions. Reach us at [email protected] and give us a follow on insta @shesjustadancer

Is it a new dance that is danced off stage we hear our non-actor listeners ask. No- the off-stage swing is an incredibly talented person who basically saves the day whenever an injury, illness or simply a day off stops the actors/dancers cast in shows to perform.
In comes the off-stage swing- they have to learn up to eight roles of the show they're working on and be ready backstage at all times to step in whenever the need arises. Eight! Our guest Agnes Pure tells us why this is such a demanding, exciting, but sadly sometimes under-appreciated role to take on.

For our 30th episode we're looking back on our careers and talking about things we maybe regret not doing, what if anything we would have done differently and what would be our message to our younger selves. They say there's power in hindsight but would changing things end up changing the outcome of our career? 

As dancers and performers we get so tied up in our training, successes and failures, that we often forget there are some very special people who are with us every step of the way and who make our career possible- our parents. Today you'll hear from two "dancing mums" who share what's it like to be on the other side, supporting their children through thick and thin and helping them navigate their careers.
Alice and Hayley are here to tell us what's it like for the parents and show that the reality TV of "Baby Ballroom" and Dancing Mums is nothing like the real deal.

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Our favourite talent agent is back! Mildred Yuan gets serious and explains her framework of finding your superpower and how that can shape your career and help you find success. What is your superpower? What does it take to be great and does everyone have talent?

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Alina Nowak is one of the world's leading ladies of Latin American dance and today she joins us on the podcast today. What's the difference between a coach and a teacher? Why should every dancer have a coach? What was her most horrifying experience on a dance lesson? Bad teachers, great coaches and what it takes to be the best- join us to hear all about it! And by the way- how did a Polish girl dancing with a Spanish guy end up living in Italy?

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Garry Lee is Mr. Ultimate Performer- we're still trying to find something this man can't do! As if singing, acting and dancing were not enough, he takes on roles of dance captain and assistant choreographer in huge productions such as Flashdance . Talk about multitasking!
He tells us about the importance of grafting in any performer's career, his West End debut and how the only way to get what you want is to get up and get it yourself.
Catch him starring in Everybody's Talking About Jamie and see this performing powerhouse in action!

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It's Joanne's mum everyone! Judy Clifton joins us today for a very special chat- an ultra decorated champion dancer herself Judy talks about her dance career, how it brought her success AND love and what was it like bringing up not one, but two talented dancers. Role of parents in world of dance, what was it like when Jo moved all the way to Italy and how did THAT special evening go when Kevin and Jo went head to head in the Strictly final.