The Dance Floor with Anna Harsh

By Anna Harsh

The Dance Floor is an exploration of the life lessons learned through the art of dance.

Anna Harsh interviews dance professionals that offer advice and the lessons learned through dance.

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July 21, 2025 The Art of the Passeggiata
The Dance Floor Podcast with Anna Harsh
The Art of the Passeggiata
Host: Anna Harsh
This episode unpacks the passaggiata—a slow evening walktaken with loved ones, often through a village square or along a quiet road. It’s not about fitness or steps, but presence,connection, and reflection.
In the U.S., many families scatter after dinner—this episode encourages reclaiming that time, even if it’sjust a 15-minute stroll around the block.
We reflect on how the walk helps you digest more than just food: it helps you process your day, your relationships, and your breath.
This walk is an unspoken dance with nature and the community.
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8min
July 10, 2025 Northern Italy Dances
Northern Italy Dances
Host: Anna Harsh M.A, B.A degree in Dance. Over 32 years of teaching & performing dance while also researching in Italy.
"Southern Italy has Tarantellas, but what’s dancing like upnorth?"
EpisodeSummary:
This episode shifts focus to the northern regionsof Italy, where folk dances include waltzes, mazurkas, and elegant circle dances that reflect European influence. We highlight how northern dances use pedestrian, everyday movements—making them accessible and community-focused, often performed at village festivals.

This is only a short piece of information. Take a full workshop with Anna to get a deeper understanding.

Closingthought:
"Whether it's fiery spins in the south orgraceful steps in the north, Italian dance is as diverse as the land itself. Learn these dances and help preserve them for the next generation.

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#podcasts #italiandance #womenSpeakers #festivals #NorthernItaly #ElegantDances #TheDanceFloorPodcast #AllegroDanceCompany
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7min
June 24, 2025 The Tarantella is over 2000 years old.
The Tarantella is over 2000 years old!
Host: Anna Harsh
Ciao Dancers… and welcome back to
Step into Italy: The Dance Diaries.
This episode is one of my favorites. Not because the dance is flashy. Not because it’s fast.
But because it’sancient and Sacred.
And when you hear what I’m about to share,I think you’ll understand why the Tarantella is so much more than a dance—it’s a time machine.

This is just a small bit of information.
Take a class or join the company for a deeper understanding.
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#Tarantella #AncientRituals #SacredDances #italy #ItalianCulture #ItalianDance #THEDANCEFLOORPODCAST
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7min
June 13, 2025Dancing on Tour
Dancing on Tour
THE DANCE FLOOR PODCAST
Host: Anna Harsh

Allegro Dance Company is back on tour for 2025!
Performances for summer festivals in WV, OH, PA, NY & NC
Italian Dance Workshops
And Book Signing events!

Listen to this episode for the full schedule and so much more!
Visit www.AllegroDanceCompany.net for details
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11min
June 09, 2025 Dance Beyond Borders
Dance Beyond Borders
Host: Anna Harsh
Guest: Anabella Lenzu
Originally from Argentina, Anabella Lenzu is a dancer, choreographer, scholar & educator with 35 years of experience working in Argentina, Chile, Italy, and the USA.
Lenzu directs her own company, Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama, which since 2006 has presented 400 performances, created 15 choreographic works and performed at 100 venues, presenting thought provoking and historically conscious dance-theater in NYC.
As a choreographer, she has been commissioned all over the world for opera, TV programs, theatre productions, and by many dance companies. She has produced and directed several award-winning short dance films and screened her work in over 200 festivals both nationally and internationally.
Lenzu founded her own dance school L’Atelier Centro Creativo de Danza in 1994 in Argentina, and as an educator for more 35 years, she has been teaching in more than 50 institutions, including universities, professional dance studios, companies, festivals, and symposiums in the USA, Canada, Ireland, Egypt, Australia, Panamá, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, London, and Italy.
In 2023, Anabella received the National Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Independent Sector by NDEO (National Dance Education Organization) and in 2022, the Innovative Dance Educator Award by NYSDEA (New York State Dance Education Association), acknowledging her work as a dance educator who develops innovative pedagogy in the dance field, groundbreaking teachings that have a significant impact on dance, as well as an established record of exemplary leadership on the state and national level in USA.
Lenzu has written for various dance and arts magazines and published her first book in 2013, entitled Unveiling Motion and Emotion. The book contains writings in Spanish and English on the importance of dance, community, choreography, and dance pedagogy. Her second book, Teaching Dance through Meaningful Gestures (2025), explores how technique is a philosophy and a theory, and how the body is an instrument for expression.
Currently, Lenzu conducts classes at NYU Gallatin, the School of Visual Arts, and Peridance Center. From 2020 to the present, she created and directed the Online Choreographic Mentorship Program.
Visit her website: www.AnabellaLenzu.com
Anna Harsh www.AllegroDanceCompany.net
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26min
June 02, 2025You Can't Dance the Tarantella Alone
The Tarantella can't be danced alone.
Host: Anna Harsh
MA degree Communication,
BA degree in Dance,
Certified in Yoga & Pilates
32 Years of research in Italy & Teaching
This episode explores the social nature of the Tarantella.
The Tarantella, in many of its forms, requires a partner—not for choreography, but for connection, rhythm, and a conversation between dancers. It's about the community and healing the dancer in the center of the circle.

This is only a small piece of research that is being shared. Learn more by taking classes with Anna.
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10min
May 26, 2025 From Folk Dance to Film
From Folk Dance to Film
Host: Anna Harsh
Guest: Beau Bowden
Beau is an actor, singer, dancer and Allegro Dance Company Alumni that was born and raised in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre (Acting) from West Virginia University.
Follow Beau:
https://www.instagram.com/beaugbowden/

Anna Harsh
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33min
May 16, 2025 Commerical Dance
Commercial Dance
Hosted by: Anna Harsh
Guest: Nicole Rae Jones
In this episode, we’re moving into the fast-paced, high-pressure world of commercial dance—where performance meets precision. Nicole is teaching this style so listen in for tips and advice.

Nicole Bio:
A graduate of Point Park University, she has performed in several national tours, including “An American in Paris”, “Legally Blonde”, “South Pacific”, and with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings on “Swing!”. Since returning to Pittsburgh from New York City, she performs and choreographs in the local theater scene for theaters and dance schools. Nicole has choreographed in Pittsburgh, New York City, and London’s West End. Most notably, she associate choreographed the 2022-2023 national tour of “Legally Blonde” andthe 2024 Western PA premier of “Alice By Heart.”
Nicole is resident dance faculty at Seton Hill University and teaches locally in the Pittsburgh area.

Follow Nicole on IG.
https://www.instagram.com/ni_cole_rae_choreography

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22min
May 15, 2025 The Tarantella is NOT 1 dance but a genre.
What if I told you the Tarantella isn’t just onedance—but an entire genre?
Hosted by Anna Harsh
Benvenuti a tutti! Welcome back to
Step into Italy: The Dance Diaries.
I’m so glad you’re here.
Today, I want to share a little history about the Tarantella…
It’s not just one dance.
It’s a whole genre of them with differentsongs, steps and stories.
I know. You probably grew up thinking of the Tarantella as that one iconic Italian dance—fast, upbeat, with twirling skirts and clapping hands. And yes, that version exists.
But here's the truth?
The Tarantella is actually a genre—a whole family of folk dances that stretch across southern Italy, each with its own heartbeat, its own story, its own soul.
Listen to this episode for more details.

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9min
May 13, 2025 The Tarantella is NOT a wedding dance.
The Tarantella is NOT a wedding dance.

Hosted by: Anna Harsh
Ciao, dancers, Welcome to Step into Italy: The Dance Diaries,where every step tells a story, and every rhythm carries theheartbeat of a culture.
Today, I want to unravel a dance you think you know—theTarantella. Learn the origin story.

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8min

FAQs about The Dance Floor with Anna Harsh:

How many episodes does The Dance Floor with Anna Harsh have?

The podcast currently has 129 episodes available.