Dance Your Life - From street performer to top choreographer with Marie Poppins

From street performer to top choreographer with Marie Poppins

08/03/20 • 37 min

Marie shares her story on how she lived through a short time frame with her Visa in the U.S as a street performer to booking her first paid dance gig. This episode will truly give you chills of excitement.

In this episode you will learn about:

Having a short time frame to book a dance job with an almost expired Visa in L.A.
How being a street performer in Chicago taught her to be a great dancer.
Why she almost gave up on her dance career living in L.A to booking her first dance paid gig.
Overcoming tough times while moving to multiple locations to find her true calling in dance.
Why building relationships in the dance world without burning your bridges can create more happiness.

Show Notes:

Marie Poppins works professionally in the entertainment industry as a dancer, teacher & choreographer. Marie is an expert in the popping dance style.

Question Highlights:

How did you get into dance and how old were you?
What’s your all time favorite dance career memory? Good or bad.
What do you do to help you get through tough times in life? How did you overcome them?
What’s in the works right now? Are you working on any major projects?
How do you feel about the dance world now vs the dance world 20 years ago?
What is a tip you have to give to the dancers that want to be exposed?

About Marie Poppins:

Marie Bonnevay, stage name Marie Poppins is a French Professional Dancer, currently living in Los Angeles. She started dancing in France and followed her training in Chicago with Stick and Move Dance crew, and then with Culture Shock Los Angeles.

She learned different styles of dance and decided to focus on Popping. She is now steadily making a name for herself in the Hip-Hop circuit, winning battle after battle, including: BBOY SUMMIT 2010- LA, HIP HOP INTERNATIONAL 2009- Las Vegas, FINALIST FREESTYLE SESSION 2010 – LA, HIPOPSESSION 2010 – FRANCE, FINALIST SDK - UK, BATTLE VISION 2010- FRANCE, and JUST 4 LADIES – France.

Marie Poppins has worked with artists such as Justin Bieber, Busta Rhymes, Dj Tiesto, Rita Ora, KRS One, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Common, Ludacris, Ray J, and Cascada. She judged Hip-Hop International Mexico, Brazil, UK, Ireland, Madrid, and Russia.

She was recently casted for the new dance movie STREETDANCE 3D choreographed by Rich and Tone Talauega. You can see Marie Poppins on TV in the last Superbowl Budweiser Commercial “Eternal Optimism” and in the I ROBOT vaccuum Commercial choreographed by Shotyme. Marie Poppins’ workshop is about sharing her knowledge in Popping, Tutting, and Animation that she learned and developed in Los Angeles.

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In this episode you will learn about:

Having a short time frame to book a dance job with an almost expired Visa in L.A.
How being a street performer in Chicago taught her to be a great dancer.
Why she almost gave up on her dance career living in L.A to booking her first dance paid gig.
Overcoming tough times while moving to multiple locations to find her true calling in dance.
Why building relationships in the dance world without burning your bridges can create more happiness.

Show Notes:

Marie Poppins works professionally in the entertainment industry as a dancer, teacher & choreographer. Marie is an expert in the popping dance style.

Question Highlights:

How did you get into dance and how old were you?
What’s your all time favorite dance career memory? Good or bad.
What do you do to help you get through tough times in life? How did you overcome them?
What’s in the works right now? Are you working on any major projects?
How do you feel about the dance world now vs the dance world 20 years ago?
What is a tip you have to give to the dancers that want to be exposed?

About Marie Poppins:

Follow Marie Poppins:

Follow us:

Learn more: Dance Your Life
Learn more: Maxt Out Dance Competition
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Maxt Out on Facebook
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Welcome to Dance Your Life

The Dance Your Life podcast will help you and your dance career. Whether you want to dance professionally on tour, choreograph for camera or create your own dance crew, we have the information for you.

In this episode you will learn about:

Why we started this podcast
How many times we will publish a show
What to expect in this podcast
Who we will be interviewing
How to help us give back with our Dance Grant for dancers
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Next Episode

The importance of mental health for dancers with Cat Cogliandro

Cat shares her story on how she started focusing a lot on mental health within dancers. She is a unique artist in so many ways. You will find so much inspiration in this episode!

In this episode you will learn about:

What dance teachers should consider learning to become the best dance teacher they can be for their dance students.
The difference between dancing in New York vs dancing in L.A.
Why prioritizing mental health is very important for dancers.
How constant training even when you’ve “made it” is important.
Cat’s creation of a safe space for dancers without judgement, and a celebration of self called Catastrophe.

Show Notes:

Cat Cogliandro danced on So You Think You Can Dance, America's Got Talent, The 2014 Gypsy Awards, and The Pulse on Tour. Cat was also named one of Dance Spirit Magazine "13 of the Dance World's Hottest Young Choreographers" in the November 2014 issue.

Cat has worked at several dance studios. She has presented her craft at several events. Cat tells you her story on how she started focusing a lot on mental health within dance. She is a unique artist in so many ways. You will find so much inspiration in this episode!

Question Highlights:

How did you get into dance and how old were you?
Who were your dance role models and why?
What are your dance strengths and weaknesses?
I see that you’re in the process of starting your own company, Catastrophe, tell us about that.
How do you feel about the dance world now vs the dance world 20 years ago?
Who is killin’ it in the dance industry right now? Choreographer? Dancer? Instructor?
What do you hope for the dance world in the next 10 years? Any changes? What changes?
What advice do you have for dancers looking to get into dance as a career?

About Cat:

Cat Cogliandro is a dancer and choreographer who got her BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase and moved to the city after she graduated. She got a job working at the BDC store and worked her way up where she presently teaches at BDC and Peridance. Cat was living in LA for the last 4 or 5 years and was teaching at Movement Lifestyle, Millennium, IMMAspace and Edge Dance Studio. She is not currently signed due to taking some time to be on her own to search for what she truly values and wanted to accomplish in her career but is now beginning to manifest and work towards finding an agent again.

Cat’s mission and purpose in this life is to help people and she truly believes Dance is the greatest connection to do so. She believes in the power of self-love and breaking the stigmas of mental illness.. She is very passionate about mental health, the younger generation (ie: age appropriate dance, positive training, etc), and being open and honest about things in dance such as abuse, misconduct, etc. Cat isn’t afraid to say what she believes in and is working her hardest to be a good person instead of just a good dancer.

Cat’s also been known for her mouth but as she shed layers of her ego, She is trying to discover how to communicate with kindness and lead by example rather than preach. Trying to evolve from the inside out and hoping to inspire others to do the same, her classes are very heavily based on self-love. She gets deep.

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