Hello Everyone!

I was so excited when Amar Smalls reached out about being on the podcast. He is so funny and extremely talented. We talked about his dance journey, how he ended up in Ailey 2 (so iconic), Jake the snake, his art collective BROKELAND, and how sometimes he feels like Hannah Montanna.

AMAR SMALLS (Brooklyn, NY) began his dance training at The Abrons Arts Center Henry Street Settlement in New York City. In 2017, he graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts and Performing Arts. He was a Scholarship and Independent Study student at The Ailey School and also trained at the Harlem School of the Arts and Steps on Broadway. At age 16, he started an art collective entitled BROKELAND, where artists create music, film, and paintings.

Find Amar on Instagram at @amarsmalls and @blkmfchrist. Don't forget to check out his latest music project on iTunes here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/brokeland-vol-1/1596797664

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Hello Everyone!

Órla and I had a lovely chat a few months ago about her journy with dance. Since we last spoke she has gotten her artist visa so don't forget to go congratulate her!

Órla Baxendale is a dancer from the UK, who moved to New York City for The Ailey School Scholarship Program. She has performed at New York Fashion Week, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and was recently cast in a new show about immigration in the US. She is a lover of ALL things fashion and creativity and never shys away from bold colors!

Find Órla on instagram at @orla_baxendale

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Hello Everyone!

Wow, I had so much fun listening back to this conversation with Aidan from Feb 2022. We speak about his journy with dance, falling in and out of love with the art form, filming dance and he explains how NFTs can really change the futire of dance! There are so many great moments, this is seriously one of my favorite episodes yet!

Aidan Gibney is a New York City based filmmaker and director. Currently working as a director with Coming of Age and Pavillia NYC.

As one of NYC’s premier visual artists, Aidan is a lead photographer and filmmaker at the award-winning off-broadway show ‘Beyond Babel’. Aidan has worked in partnership with some of the entertainment industries best, including Casey Neistat’s 368, David Dobrik, Art Basel, B&H, Adobe, EA, and more. His works have been published throughout a wide range of articles ranging from ARTnews magazine to Dance Magazine and Dance Spirit magazine. Recent films include Rear View (2021), Emawk music videos, Behind Babel (2020), Rooted Kings (2020), to name a few.

Along with media arts production, Gibney is a professional choreographer and dancer on projects with k-pop’s BTS, Emawk, Ian Eastwood’s Young Lions, SHINSA The Collective, and much more.

Find Aidan on instagram at @aidangibney and make sure to give @earthbound.studio a follow as well!

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Follow the show @deardancepod (formerly dancers doing stuff)

Follow me at @haleygrove and @essentiallyhaley on Instagram.

If you are interested in being a guest on Dear Dance, e-mail me at essentiallyhaley@gmail.com.

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