Spotlight Feature - Sophia Lucia

01/21/21 • 73 min

Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast

Making the Impact welcomes Sophia Lucia as our next Spotlight Feature guest! You may know her as The Guinness Book of World Records title holder for the most consecutive pirouettes (55) , or maybe you've been following her dance journey since she was featured on Lifetime's Dance Moms! Courtney and Lesley sit down and chat with Sophia about her incredible performance career as a child, her experiences in ballet school as a teen, and her dreams and goals for the future.
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Previous Episode

All About Improv!

Guests - Joshua Blake Carter and Becca Grden
Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor
In Episode 46 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, the topic of conversation is improvisation - from improv in class to the professional world and everywhere in between! Joining us this week are guests Joshua Blake Carter from Giordano Dance Chicago and IDA Judge Becca Grden.

Topics Include:

What improv is and isn't
How to introduce improv at a young age in the studio
Professional applications of improv
Tips to overcome your fear of improv

The blog that inspired this episode was released in January 2019, and titled “Finding Your Confidence Through Improv". Read now!

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Joshua premiered his first short film for Giordano Dance Chicago in November 2020, adapting choreographer Autumn Eckman's 2012 work "JOLT" for the screen. Stream anytime for free!
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Next Episode

Three Careers in Dance That Don't Require a Stage

Guests - Lauren Manning, Susie Riefenhauser, Ryan Parma
Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor
In Episode 48 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, we discuss a variety of non-performance career options for dancers with three industry professionals - Lauren Manning of Dance Media, publishers of Dance Spirit and Dance Magazine; Susie Riefenhauser of OtherSpace Innovation, a dance marketing, and consulting firm; and Ryan Parma, a freelance director, and dance videographer.

Topics Include:

Each individual's path from dancer to dance industry professional
Advice for dancers looking at future options other than performing
How dance training helped in their current work

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Susie - @susie.riefenhauser
Ryan - @ryanparma

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Stagesmith Dance Training
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