And You Will Dance is a podcast about creatives from all over the artistic spectrum who are paving their paths on their own terms. Each guest shares their creative story and discusses moments in their journey when faced with adversity and dives into the internal push and shift within themselves to overcome their obstacle(s) - a process Ariana refers to as "The Dance". "And You Will Dance" was inspired by Ariana's personal journey and her will to work past fear and self-doubt that put a temporary pause on pursuing one of her life's passions. Through connecting with other creatives and discussing their instances of grit, this podcast is intended to inspire listeners to get out of their own head, propel forward and boldly pursue their life's potential. Join in on each episode for fun and inspiring conversation and for the reminder to keep dancing. Follow us on social: IG - @andyouwilldance Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andyouwilldance
Hosted by Ariana
Dancing in her Shoes: A CEO defining her Business and Herself through Transparency and Creativity with Burju Perez
Burju Perez is a mommy of two, wife, former professional Latin Dancer and CEO and lead designer, of the world renowned quality, customizable professional dance shoe/dance heels brand Burju Shoes, based out of Massachusetts. Burju was born in Istanbul Turkey prior to immigrating to the United States. As an adult, she began her professional career by studying International Business at Boston University, prior to landing a job in banking. Burju began Latin dancing in college, w...
19 Jul 2021
Dancing for her Dreams: Breaking Barriers as a Professional Dancer with Paula Ayotte
Paula Ayotte is a professional dancer, entertainer, former marine scientist, model, actress and inspirerer based out of Los Angeles. Paula Ayotte started her professional dance journey in the 1980s when she was in her 20s, working gigs such as the Disneyland Christmas Parade, Sesame Street Live U.S. tour, the Las Vegas Show “Splash at the Riviera” was a backup dancer for a Latina Artist in Mexico City and roller skating as an Apple on the Newhart show. She had a shift in careers i...
6 Jul 2021
Returning to Yourself with Ariana
Ariana discusses five ways to return to yourself and your creativity that helped her after moving through a period of overwhelm, loss and imbalance. In this episode, Ariana’s starting point of conversation is the importance of recognizing when you need to take a step back and take care of yourself.
7 Apr 2021
Off the Sidelines, to the Front Page with Emily Leibert
Emily Leibert is a writer, journalist, reporter, former NFL cheerleader, former public relations professional and dancer who is originally from Southern California and is now based out of New York City and is currently attending New York University in pursuit of her Master’s Degree in journalism. Emily previously attended USC, where her peak interest into the world of entertainment began and she studied broadcast journalism in the Public Relations field. After three years of experience ...
22 Mar 2021
Baudy Movement: Dance Fitness with Heart with Sarah Baudner
Sarah Baudner is a 32 year old woman with ambition based out of Vancouver Canada who has always had dance and fitness as a big part of her life and created her dance fitness brand, Rock Your Baudy. In an effort to connect with her friends from the eastern coast during the early days of the worldwide pandemic, she created her virtual dance fitness brand, a combination of HIT cardio with modern dance moves with an upbeat playlist to get her participants sweating and moving. Her clas...
9 Mar 2021
Create from Truth with Ariana
In this episode, Ariana recollects the feeling of self-doubt and the pressure of the creative process. After receiving a message from a friend, her self-doubt in the creative process began to unfold and reveal the importance and the realness to the meaning "Create from Truth", as quoted by Kobe Bryant. The episode serves as a reminder that all that you need is already within you. Instagram: @andyouwilldance; @ari_sanchez
22 Feb 2021
Her Own Design with Tess Henderson
Tess Henderson is a professional Interior Designer. Founder, Creative Director, and Principal Designer of Tess Interiors based out of Los Angeles California. Also, Tess is a lover of all things beautiful, an adrenaline junkie, dog mom, sister, daughter, auntie, girlfriend, and an all around empath. A creative experimenter at heart, she had always found opportunities in the ability to create. Growing up, she was introduced to the idea of interior design by her mother and exp...
8 Feb 2021
Mindfully Moving: Creating, Healing, Mommy-ing with Sasha Lewis
Sasha Lewis is a blogger, graphic artist, dancer, mental health and well-being advocate and single mama to a two year old baby girl. Sasha didn’t always think that her creative journey would lead her to blogging. In fact, she always believed dance was going to be her way. However when she was in her teens, her world was flipped upside down when she was told after an accident that she was never going to be able to do the things she loved to do, and her struggle to understand hersel...
1 Feb 2021
Kobe the Creative
Kobe Bryant, best known as the NBA superstar for his 20 year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and leading them to 5 championship rings, an 18 time all star and a man who coined the term Mamba Mentality and who displayed relentless work ethic on and off the court - was also a creative. In the second act of his career, he began to build a new empire in the entertainment and storytelling world with one mission - to inspire the next generation. Kobe combined his worlds and love for ...
18 Jan 2021
Beyond the Visual with Jonathan Dixon
Jonathan Dixon is a photographer, artist, Black creative, adventurist and lover of the outdoors who works to capture the magic of moments through photos. Jon is from Ventura, CA and has always had a passion for photography. However, it wasn’t until 3 years ago in 2018, after much time spent going through the motions working in an industry where he lacked passion, he decided to walk down the street on his lunch break and make a purchase of his first professional camera - the first ...
11 Jan 2021
Love with Words with Lolo - with Elizabeth Hidalgo
Podcast host of Word by Lolo, Founder CEO of the digital marketing agency, Rise DMA, writer and poet - Elizabeth Hidalgo, or Lolo, is a southern california native who is now based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Lolo is pursuing her Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Audiences at Arizona State University and has over 5 years of experience in creative writing, social media management and re-branding. Lolo mentioned that she “loves people through her words” and it’s proven true as s...
4 Jan 2021
Moving for his City and Himself with Byron Bucao
Byron Bucao is the Founder/Director of the Alias Dance Company based out of Oxnard California, the Cofounder/Owner of the Retour clothing brand, the Community Benefits Director for the City of Oxnard, a mental toughness athlete, dancer, choreographer and mentor. With years worth of experience of dancing in all male hip hop groups, he pursued dance by joining and choreographing for Cal State Long Beach's well known competitive dance team, PAC Modern. Now, he runs his own danc...
29 Dec 2020
Gratitude, Intention and Purpose with Ariana
On this solo episode, Ariana expresses gratitude for the new creative venture laid out for her. Ariana recounts multiple instances during the beginning of her podcasting journey that put temporary roadblocks in her way and speaks on the lessons learned during the process. She identifies the importance of refocus, redirection and reflects on how Disney and Pixar’s movie “Soul” reframed how she views her execution of her life’s purpose. Episode Highlights: And You Will Dance - Fee...
21 Dec 2020
Writer in Wanderlust with Danielle Giordano
Danielle Giordano is a 27 year old writer, actress, producer and travel bug based in Los Angeles, who continues to expand her creative reach and growth as an individual. When she was a young girl, Danielle developed a love for the arts and fell in love with the world of entertainment through theatre. As she dove into her craft by auditioning for agencies and investing in multiple acting classes, she knew in her heart that entertainment was where she wanted to be. As ti...
14 Dec 2020
There's Always Another Level with Mocha McKenzie
Business Owner/entrepreneur, professional dancer and choreographer, educator and investor, Mocha Mckenzie is an intentional force in all she sets out to do. A graduate of UCLA's performing Arts program, she's had 15 years of experience in the Los Angeles dance industry and her passion to teach has led her back to her hometown in Ventura County to start her Heels Dance class Strut Don't Stress. Ariana and Mocha have a fun and free conversation about Mocha's journey and reflect on Mocha'...
30 Nov 2020
Ariana and "And You Will Dance" - An Introduction
"And You Will Dance" was inspired by Ariana's personal journey and her will to work past fear and self-doubt that put a temporary pause on pursuing one of her life's passions - dance. In the very first episode of And You Will Dance, Ariana introduces herself, discusses what felt like her "quarter life crisis", her background with dance, her turning point and the "why" behind the pod. Being involved in the artistic world since she was three years old, creatives and thei...
25 Nov 2020
This is And You Will Dance
Welcome to And You Will Dance! "And You Will Dance" was inspired by Ariana's personal journey and her will to work past fear and self-doubt that put a temporary pause on pursuing one of her life's passions. Through connecting with other creatives and discussing their instances of grit, this podcast is intended to inspire listeners to get out of their own head, propel forward and boldy pursue their full potential. Join in on each episode for fun and inspiring conversation and for the ...
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