Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast
Hosted by Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor · Impact Dance Adjudicators
4.7from 261 ratings
- 297
- Episodes
- 59
- Transcribed
- 261
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast
Have you ever wondered what goes on inside the mind of a dance competition judge? What does it take to impress the people behind the table? Join your hosts Courtney Ortiz, professional dancer, educator and owner of Impact Dance Adjudicators, and Lesley Mealor, veteran performer and judge, on Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, as they dive into all things dance competition! Each week, listen as Courtney and Lesley discuss various hot topics with members of the IDA judges’ roster and other special guests in the dance world, from technique, to costumes, to the dreaded question - “Tights…or no tights?” Stay tuned for special spotlight episodes, round table chats and so much more! Weekly episodes launch every Thursday throughout the dance season! @impactdanceadjudicators
- Publisher
- Impact Dance Adjudicators
- Category
- arts · arts · arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Oct 2019
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
59 of 297 episodes have a transcript.
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24 Sept 2026
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17 Sept 2026
The Dance Teachers Who Impacted Us featuring Lesley’s Teachers
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LIVE! From Dance Teacher Web Vegas 2026
Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] This levels conversation has not stopped since, I don't know, 1998 or whenever somebody decided that there needs to be levels. Once I became a judge, which was like Dance Moms era, 2002. 10, maybe 08, maybe 09. I think that was more like when there were three levels because I competed my senior year of high school. Hello, everyone. There were two levels and I we always danced in the regular normal folks level. And then there was the advanced. That was the new thing. And I competed as advanced for the first time as a soloist because I was like, I just want to see I want to see what's going to happen to me. 10th place out of 11th, but I was very proud. […]
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