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Count Me In : A Dance and Education Podcast
by Carly Faye & Hannah MaeA Podcast where sisters Carly Faye and Hannah Mae discuss dance, education, and childhood development.
Episodes
74: Surviving and Thriving with Lauren Carnesi Daniels
1h 24m · PublishedThis week Carly and Hannah sit down with choreographer, teacher, opportunity creator Lauren Carnesi Daniels. They jump right in and learn about Lauren’s journey with Lupus, and how it has shaped her choreographic process and teaching style. They also learn about her struggle to pick a college after high school, but how everything happens for a reason. They finish up the episode with Carly’s favorite topic: exploiting tragedy for trophies, and discuss choreographing for performance spaces and the competition stage.
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Lauren:@lcd.dance
Carly: @CarlyFayedance
Hannah: @hannahmae92
Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings
73: For the love of Ballet with Eve Holmes Varner
1h 6m · PublishedToday Carly and Hannah talk to fellow dance educator and long time friend, Eve Holmes Varner. They reminisce about the past and Hannah and Eve’s competitive duet. They also learn about her challenges before starting college, and how resilence is the best way to achieve success. Eve shares wisdom surrounding overcoming obstacles, teaching ballet safely, and meeting her students at their level. All three women discuss how challenging it can be to promote a healthy body image while still struggling with it yourself, and it is always an ongoing process. Instagram:
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Eve: @eveholmesvarner
Carly: @CarlyFayedance
Hannah: @hannahmae92
Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings
72: Downtown Dance with Maria Gardner
1h 0m · PublishedThis week Carly and Hannah sit down with NYC dancer Maria Gardner. They discuss her childhood as a competitive dancer and how it shaped her crooked path to being a professional. They learn her journey to Point Park is not what they expected and they discuss the challenges of living in New York City. They dive deeper into making a professional dance career work, having to hold multiple jobs, but keeping dance in the center. They also learn more about dance opportunities abroad and how a dancer’s training is never complete.
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Maria: @down2_mars
Carly: @CarlyFayedance
Hannah: @hannahmae92
Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings
71: The Golden Age of Art with Doug Hamby
1h 14m · PublishedCarly and Hannah have been trying to secure Doug Hamby as a guest forever! Finally, in the midst of his retirement, the tenured professor from Carly & Hannah’s Alma Mater, UMBC, sits down for an in depth conversation. The 3 discuss the challenges of starting dance at an older age, how much New York’s art scene has changed, and the shift he has seen in his 33 year long run at a University. He shares incredible stories of his time with Martha Graham’s company, and Carly has the chance to share what an impact he had on her dance career. There was no shortage of questions for Doug since he experienced the golden age of art, and has had such a long career. He answers them all tenfold.
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Doug Hamby: @hambydouglas
Carly: @CarlyFayedance
Hannah: @hannahmae92
Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings
70: Bouncing Back with Grace Buckley
1h 4m · PublishedCarly and Hannah excitedly sit down with professional dancer, master teacher, and choreographer Grace Buckley this week. Grace shares her relatable and inspiring story of burn out, and how she currently keeps her passion for dance alive. She shares stories from her hyper competitive past, the challenges of getting back into dance as an adult, and recovering from an injury on her first professional tour. As a choreographer for World of Dance, she also gives us a little sneak peak into choreographing for the camera, and the high pressure stakes of TV.
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Grace: @gracebuckleychoreography
Carly: @CarlyFayedance
Hannah: @hannahmae92
Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings
69: Confidence through Dance with Jessica Wellington
1h 7m · PublishedThis week Carly & Hannah chat with fellow competition judge and studio owner Jessica Wellington. They learn about the indirect path that lead Jessica to owning The Pennsylvania Dance Company, the ups and the downs. Carly & Hannah are flabbergasted by how Jess was treated by her former agent, but impressed by how she bounced back. They discuss how dance can bring anyone confidence, and how important that was for Jessica growing up.
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Jessica: @pa_dance_co @jesswellington49
Website: www.Dancer-fitness.com
Carly: @CarlyFayedance
Hannah: @hannahmae92
Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings
Contact: [email protected]
68: Finding your Strength with Katie Groven
54m · PublishedThis week Carly and Hannah sit down with competitive dancer turned personal trainer, Katie Groven. Katie is an ACSM certified personal trainer, and the creator of Dance-fitness.com. The 3 women dive deep into how important cross training, and strength training is for dancers, starting at the age of 6! Carly and Hannah learn a lot of anatomy, and Katie shares some helpful, tangible exercises for any dance teacher to introduce into their class. They discuss body image, and how showing girls how STRONG they can be may help combat all those nasty self destructive thoughts. Check out dancer-fitness.com to learn more, and gain access to Katie’s incredible online data base designed to transform competitive dancers into athletic powerhouses!
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Katie: @dancer_fitness.com_ @katiegroven
Website: www.Dancer-fitness.com
Carly: @CarlyFayedance
Hannah: @hannahmae92
Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings
Contact: [email protected]
67: Opening Every Door; an interview with Nicole Ruark
1h 1m · PublishedThis week Carly & Hannah sit down with professional dancer, choreographer, & educator Nicole Ruark. As a former colleague, Hannah was impressed by her attention to detail and versatility. The three dive into the pressures of a performing career, and the challenges of recovering from injuries. They dive deep into the importance of diversifying your education and not getting pushed into a box. They touch on their favorite subject, college dance and how she educated her students!
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Nicole: @nruark
Carly: @CarlyFayedance
Hannah: @hannahmae92
Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings
Contact: [email protected]
66: The Joy of Dance; an interview with Jeanne Mattis
1h 7m · PublishedThis week Carly and Hannah sit down with their favorite studio owner, former employer, and mentor Jeanne Mattis. The 3 reminisce about the time spent together at Design in Motion, and their shared Alma Mater UMBC. Jeanne shares touching stories from her childhood as well as some tips for other studio owners! The conversation is full of joy from start to finish. It will remind you how amazing and therapeutic dance, connection, and serving others can be!
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Instagram: @designinmotion
Designinmotiondance.com
Carly: @CarlyFayedance
Hannah: @hannahmae92
Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings
Contact: [email protected]
65: From Stage Manager to Starquest; an interview with Steve Wappel
1h 19m · PublishedThis week Carly & Hannah excitedly sit down with a familiar face from their competition days. Steve Wappel, Founder & Owner of Starquest International, has owned an extremely successful dance competition for 27 years. The 3 reminisce about the days where he handed them trophies, and what it was like to have a daughter competing at your own competition. They dive deep into how competitions and dance studios have changed, and gain some inside information on the future of dance competitions. Steve shares interesting stories from his performance past, his stage managing days, to his current competition endeavors.
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Steve: @stevewappel
Starquest: @starquestdance
www.Starquestdance.com
Carly: @CarlyFayedance
Hannah: @hannahmae92
Producer Corey: @CoreyJennings
Contact: [email protected]
Count Me In : A Dance and Education Podcast has 115 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 127:36:23. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 1st 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on February 2nd, 2024 05:19.
