Company Secrets: Ballet Unfiltered

About Company Secrets: Ballet Unfiltered

Pull back the curtain on the professional dance world. Hosted by Jared Redick, Company Secrets features candid conversations with Artistic Directors and industry leaders who share the real stories behind auditions, casting, company life, and artistic vision. From navigating contracts to embracing career pivots, this podcast offers insider knowledge for young dancers striving to thrive in the ballet world—and for anyone who loves the art form and wants to understand what really happens behind the scenes. Whether you're a student, educator, emerging artist, or lifelong fan, Company Secrets is your backstage pass to the dance world’s most essential conversations. 🎧 Season One: New episodes every Tuesday beginning August 5th!

Publisher

Jared Redick

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Jun 2025

Latest episode

28 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

24 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Dec 2025

   S2 EP11: The Nutcracker Paradox- From Orphanage to Fantasy

   The season finale of Company Secrets: The Nutcracker Paradox closes with a powerful conversation featuring Sir Matthew Bourne, one of the most influential dance theatre makers of our time. Bourne reflects on his landmark 1992 Nutcracker, a bold reimagining that begins in a Dickensian orphanage and transforms into a vivid fantasy world, redefining how this holiday classic can tell an emotionally grounded story. In this wide-ranging finale, Bourne shares his creative philosophy of finding the “...

2. 

   23 Dec 2025

   S2 EP10: The Nutcracker Paradox- De-Centering the Nutcracker with Dr. Brenda Dixon-Gottschild

   In this episode of Company Secrets: The Nutcracker Paradox, Jared Redick is joined by renowned dance scholar and cultural critic Dr. Brenda Dixon-Gottschild for a bracing conversation about why The Nutcracker may no longer deserve its outsized place in American ballet culture. Rather than arguing for yet another reinvention of the holiday classic, Dixon-Gottschild challenges the field to de center The Nutcracker altogether, questioning its cultural neutrality, its mythologized role as an entr...

3. 

   21 Dec 2025

   S2 EP9: The Nutcracker Paradox- Building a City, Building a Dream with Christopher Wheeldon

   In this episode of Company Secrets, Jared Redick is joined by choreographer and director Christopher Wheeldon for a deep dive into The Nutcracker as narrative, tradition, and opportunity for reinvention. Wheeldon reflects on why The Nutcracker has become the definitive holiday ballet, from its concise storytelling and iconic Tchaikovsky score to its role as both a family introduction to ballet and a vital economic engine for companies. Drawing on his background in creating richly layered narr...

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