ME IN TEN YEARS.COM
A monthly podcast with insights and stories from professional dancers and stage performers about their career development both on and off stage. Please visit https://meintenyears.com to find out more.
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 16
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
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“It’s not the goal that gives us the pleasure, but the road to accomplish the goal.” - Andrei Dokukin
My guest today who was born into a family of dancers in the former Soviet Union. His career path seemed decided when he started his training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. But the world around him ch…
"A lot of artists can prepare themselves, but sometimes they don’t.” - Aruna Bataa
Today, I have the pleasure to introduce a performer who was born into a family of circus artists.
She was born in Mongolia, and soon moved to Brazil together with her parents. Travelling up and down …
“If you don’t like what you’re doing, then injury will happen.” - Toshiko Oiwa
From the busy streets of Tokio where she started her Ballet training, she moved to New York City to attend the Juilliard School.
She went on to work for Twyla Tharp, Billy T Jones and French choreogr…
“Dancing gave me a good foundation for my job as a pilot.” - Andrés Ferraz-Leite
Our guest today was trained as a classical ballet dancer up to the age of 19. Born in Uruguay he moved to Vienna, Austria with his parents as a young child. Encouraged by his father, he took up class…
"I just kind of knew, what I didn’t want to do" - Toni Meeks
At schoo…
"You can quit tomorrow but for today keep going" - Gérard Théorêt
Our guest today was born in a mining town in the North of Canada. He started his dance career rather late - but that didn’t stop him from going far.
He worked as a soloist for the Royal Winnipeg Ba…
My head was saying: “You can’t keep on dancing” - Mayumi Ganley
"Ballet helped me a lot during the job interview" - Adina Beer
Today’s guest started ballet in her hometown of Berlin. It wasn’t so much her love for dance that opened that door but rather the recommendation of her paediatrician.
She worked at the Deutsche Oper …
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"The odds were very small that I would make it after the surgery" - Irina Roncaglia
She got her first conta…
"I remember that I was saying goodbye to a certain image…" - Christophe Ridet
Ballet classes seemed a better match …
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"It’s been 8 years since I stopped" - Nicole Kohlmann
For over 20 years she worked as …
"I wanted to have a conversation" - Toby Kassell
Today’s guest grew up in the UK and attended the Royal Ballet School in London. He went on to work for big dance companies in 5 countries across 3 continents. As he put it himself: he has recently re…
"I wasn't prepared for that" - Paul Egan
He started his dance training at the local ballet school in his hometown.
Eventually he moved to London for his ballet education and then to Be…
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"I always wanted to be a ballerina" - Emma Gustafsson
She started ballet when she was a small girl and finished her training at the Royal Ballet School…
"Know what you want in your life" - Yang Wang
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ME IN TEN YEARS - Podcast Trailer
This podcast features a series of interviews conducted with former professional dancers who share their experiences about their career tra…