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Welcome back Jam Fam! We are excited to finish this season with the wonderful, Chasta Hamilton. Chasta has so much insight into the world of dance and has recently been named to the Advisory Board of Dance Teacher Magazine! A great conversation with a great friend, we hope you enjoy this episode with Chasta Hamilton!
About Chasta:
Orphaned as a child, Chasta found comfort in the creativity, play, and catharsis of the performing arts. This led to a life as an arts entrepreneur where she has developed a niche in: (a) change management, (b) brand strategy and differentiation, and (c) accelerated revenue growth. At her core, Chasta believes that every person has the power to reach their fullest potential and disrupt the status quo in an empowering, inspiring, and lasting way. She is doing this through her business endeavors, writing, and motivational speaking. Chasta is the founder and CEO of Stage Door Dance Productions and the founder and president of the nonprofit Girls Geared for Greatness. You can read more about her journey in her books: Trash the Trophies and Handle the Horrible as well as her latest release, the children's book The Trophy Trap. Stay in touch via her website: www.chastahamilton.com or via Instagram (@chastahamilton).

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Welcome back Jam Fam! We have a great episode for you featuring Natalie Nostrant and Kelli Guardin-Rooney, Owners and Directors of High Demand Dance Competition. High Demand believes in the artistry of the dancers and choreographers while expanding the dancers vocabulary and introducing an improv part of their competition (which is our favorite part). We talk all things comp, levels, costumes, improv and why they started High Demand. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.
High Demand Dance Competition is the product of two best friends, Natalie Nostrant & Kelli Rooney, who met in college and formed an immediate friendship through their shared passion for dance. They were both once young competitive dancers themselves and after college spent years as instructors and choreographers for competitive dance studios. Their diverse dance backgrounds and strong business and event planning skills led them to create the dance competition of their dreams for the young dancers like they once were. HD Dance is a reflection of their passion and love for dance and they are committed to bringing the dance community high-quality, innovative and inspiring events while providing a positive atmosphere for dancers to grow and learn! For more information, check out their website: https://www.hddancecompetition.com/
This episode is proudly sponsored by Thrive Dance Experience! For more information, go to: https://thrivedanceexperience.com/

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Today we feature a new performing arts program happening in NYC, Flourish! This program, founded and created by Alan Dornak, helps deliver additional training to individuals in the performing arts. Gathering some of the finest faculty in voice, acting and dance, Flourish is a one stop shop for aspiring performers.
FLOURISH PERFORMING ARTS
Flourish Performing Arts is pleased to present an exciting new three-week musical theater training program based in Washington Heights - Upper Manhattan. Flourish prioritizes the individual needs of both the aspiring professional and the established performer seeking to further develop their craft. We hope you enjoy this episode of Jam with Alan Dornak.
Flourish is not a traditional “school” that emphasizes curriculum and grades, but rather a community of passionate performers, teachers, and industry professionals working together to uncover and investigate hidden potential, expand and polish established attributes, and help craft a path to success. This summer is a launching point for future workshops, master classes and more extended curricular programs.
Flourish Summer 2024 offers personalized attention focusing on, but not limited to, the three main disciplines of musical theater: Singing, Acting, and Dance. With a set weekly schedule that includes Individual Lessons, Coachings, Group Classes and Master Classes, participants will be encouraged to develop and deepen their personalized understanding of the performing craft. These three weeks will also offer professional development opportunities such as Audition Training, Resumé and Website Instruction, as well as Workshops with guest industry professionals.
There is still time to register for this season. For more information go to:
https://www.flourishperformingarts.com/
This episode proudly sponsored by Thrive Dance Experience. For more information go to: https://thrivedanceexperience.com/

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We are back Jam Fam, with our Midseason Chat! We love just chatting with one another all things dance, and our Hot Topics have been a hit with our listeners. This episode will not disappoint. Talking summer dance, dance intensives, guest teachers and a few other fun things, we hope you enjoy our episode made just for you!

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We were delighted to have Jody Reynard back to speak with him one on one! If you are a frequent listener, you may remember that Jody was on with his husband, David Bushman. This week we speak with Jody about his long Broadway career, highlights and lots of stories. You don't want to miss this one!
JODY REYNARD has been dancing non-stop for almost 30 years!! He has taught musical theatre/Broadway dance master classes at dance studios and educational institutions around the country. He attended the Cobb Center Excellence for in the Performing Arts outside of Atlanta, GA and graduated with a dance major. He then earned a BA in Theatre with Music minor from Kennesaw State University (where he also helped to establish the first dance ensemble, Wings) all while performing with The Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern, The Atlanta Opera and Georgia Ballet. From there, his regional theatre career began with dancing roles in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, On the Twentieth Century at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT and Mame at the Papermill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ. Soon thereafter he caught the eye of the late Ann Reinking at an open audition and made his Broadway debut in Fosse, dancing featured specialties such as “From the Edge,” “Rich Man’s Frug,” and the “Take Off with Us” adage. Other credits include the Broadway companies of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Legally Blonde, Taboo, Saturday Night Fever and the national touring companies of Camelot, Kiss Me Kate, My Fair Lady, Memphis and Chicago. Jody has also worked as a “Rosie Boy” dancing behind Emmy Award winning Rosie O’Donnell on Rosie Live! and on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the “Farewell Spectacular” episode. Jody worked as a dance captain and/or assistant for Broadway choreographers Denis Jones, Josh Prince, & Alex Sanchez and international theatre choreographer, Darren Lee. He can also be seen dancing behind six-time Tony Award winner, Audra McDonald, in the movie musical, Hello Again! Some of his favorite roles include Darren in Take Me Out, Paul in Kiss Me Kate, Happiness in Thoughts of a Colored Man, Ken in Smokey Joe’s Café, featured dancer with the NY Philharmonic, Omaha Symphony & South Dakota Symphony Orchestras AND substitute instructor of jazz & tap at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY. Jody is also a proud Core Company Member of Quick Silver Theatre Company.

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