No Mask Required - Featuring Belinda Roche

05/06/20 • 83 min

A lovely conversation with Belinda Roche. High school teacher, amazing salsa dancer and very very good friend.
Dealing with Isolation
Sending Our Kids to School During Covid
Salsa Dancing Post Covid-19
Stigma of Masks
Salsa dancing do's and don'ts

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If You Can't Handle The Truth Don't Talk To Sonia Clarke

Initiated to the universe of dance at age 4, Sonia graduated in Classical Dance at the Grands Ballets Canadiens in 1989. She is also certified in superior studies in the management of cultural projects, with a specialization in inner city youth outreach and intervention, obtained in Lyon (France) in 1994.
We discussed her Grands Ballets Canadiens Training, What kind of person becomes a pro dancer, the challenges of teaching online, the Impact of Covid-19 on the dance world, the problems of dance competitions and much more.

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Reverse Culture Shock - Featuring Russell Rodgers

In this podcast I go down memory lane with an accomplished musician and teacher. My next guest and I have something in common: We both love playing guitar and we both spent time working in Taiwan.
He recently came back from Taiwan so I was eager to talk to him about his journey abroad.
Here are some subjects discussed:
Challenges of Working Abroad
A Canadian's perspective on learning Chinese
Pollution in Taiwan
Reverse culture shock is real
Being a musician in a foreign country
Living with S.A.R.S. (10% death rate)
Taiwan VS Covid-19
Mask wearing situation