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.
“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 changed dramatically and so did his goals for his career path.
He won a full scholarship at The Juilliard School and joined the American Ballet Theatre in New York City shortly after. Today he has been working as a medical doctor for over 10 years. Let's discover together how he managed that. Please welcome our guest Andrei Dokukin!
25 Sept 2021
"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 the country with a traditional circus, she started training and eventually performing alongside with her family.
When she graduated from high school, her parents settled down to allow her to go to university and become a lawyer.
Halfway through her studies Cirque de Soleil knocked on her door and offered her a job.
What should she do? Accept this offer or finish her degree that she had already put so much work into?
Well, there is only one way to find out. Listen to this new episode and welcome the handstand artist and contortionist Aruna Bataa!
25 Aug 2021
“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 choreographer Angelin Preljocaj and always found time to pursue her own projects as well.
Today she lives in a small beach town in Brazil, where I had a chance to speak to her.
I do apologise for the weak sound quality in the first couple of minutes But these are live talks and it would have been weird to start over.
Let’s give a warm welcome to our guest Toshiko Oiwa!
25 Jun 2021
“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 classical dance training at the Vienna State Opera ballet school.
Fully immersed into the prospect of becoming a professional stage artist, it slowly dawned on him that he would rather become a commercial airline pilot. And that’s what he did.
So how did he manage that shift and has the dance education been helpful for his training as a pilot? Find out in my new episode of the Me in Ten Years Podcast and please welcome Andrés Ferraz-Leite!
Find out more about career change for professional dancers at https://meintenyears.com
25 May 2021
"I just kind of knew, what I didn’t want to do" - Toni Meeks
From a local ballet company in her hometown El Paso, Texas, to the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm. Her start into the professional world of dance was rather unpredictable but successful.
At school she enjoyed English literature and languages. And with her adventures spirit, she took a leave of absence
to work at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in New York, as a marketing assistant for Polygram Records in Stockholm and in an art gallery in SOHO, New York City.
Today she lives permanently in Stockholm Sweden and works as a specialised medical secretary at the Karolinska Hospital since 2017.
Please welcome Toni Meeks!
25 Apr 2021
"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 Ballet, as an actor and dance captain at the Stratford Festival, and as Associate Artistic Director for the Phantom of the Opera.
For the Cirque du Soleil he worked both on stage as a performer as well as off stage as Artistic Director for many years.
He also was a professor at Cornish College of the Arts for over 10 years and he has choreographed over 25 ballets and musicals.
And in case you need a certified stage fight director, you guessed it, he can do that as well.
Please welcome Gérard Théorêt!
25 Mar 2021
My head was saying: “You can’t keep on dancing” - Mayumi Ganley
She joined the Tokyo Ballet in 1987 and became first soloist the year after. She moved to Europe - where she worked for the Deutsche Oper Berlin, The Peter Schaufuss Company and the Hannover Ballet.
She continued her career offstage as a rehearsal assistant and as an Assistant to the Ballet Director for the Peter Schaufuss Ballet, the K-Ballet Company and others.
Today she lives between Ulm in Germany and London where she works for the English National Ballet as a ballet mistress. Please welcome Mayumi Ganley!
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayumi-ganley-717691165/
25 Feb 2021
"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 Berlin, which eventually merged into the Staatsballett Berlin.
Conscience about her professional evolution she went back to University to study cultural management which allowed her to manage one of the biggest Ballet schools in Boston, Massachusetts.
Today she lives again in Germany and works as a software tester for an IT company out of Munich.
A warm welcome to our guest: Adina Beer…
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adina-beer-8a2b0821/
Find out more about career development for professional dancers at ME IN TEN YEARS.
25 Jan 2021
"The odds were very small that I would make it after the surgery" - Irina Roncaglia
Our guest today was born and grew up in Italy. When she was 13 she left home, to continue her ballet training in France, determined to become a professional ballet dancer. She got her first contact with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and later moved to London to work with the English National Ballet as a soloist for nearly 15 years.Today she holds a PhD in Psychology and works as a chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist based in London.Say hello to our guest: Irina Roncaglia!===https://www.roncaglia.co.uk ===Find out more about career change for professional dancers at ME IN TEN YEARS.
25 Dec 2020
"I remember that I was saying goodbye to a certain image…" - Christophe Ridet
Our guest today was born and grew up in France. While at school, he was not passionate about competitive sports but he still had the desire to work out his body. Ballet classes seemed a better match for what he was looking for. Eventually, dance enabled him to travel the world and launch a dancewear brand that is present in over 60 countries around the world. A warm welcome to our guest: Christophe Ridet!
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Find out more about career change for professional dancers at ME IN TEN YEARS. https://meintenyears.com
25 Nov 2020
"It’s been 8 years since I stopped" - Nicole Kohlmann
Our guest today was born Frankfurt where she began her ballet-training. She was further trained in Munich at the Heinz Bosl Stiftung and the dance academy in Mannheim.For over 20 years she worked as a dancer at the Staatsoper and the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, for Introdanse in Arnheim and for the Scapino Ballet in Rotterdam.Since 2012 she has been working as a free lance ballet master and coach for Scapino Ballet and the Holland Dans Festival to only name a few.Today, she is based in Berlin and works in production and artist management.A warm welcome to our guest: Nicole Kohlmann!===https://www.nicolekohlmann.com/===Find out more about career change for professional dancers at ME IN TEN YEARS.
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Photographer: Bryndis Brynjolfsdottir
25 Oct 2020
"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 retired from dance institutions, after having been a performer for 26 years.
Today, he is pursuing his own projects - and works as a choreographer and movement and improvisation coach based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Welcome to our program, Toby Kassell!
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/toby-kassell-995234b/
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The MITY-Podcast is where former professional dancer tell you about their experience moving into a new career. Find out more about career change for professional dancers at ME IN TEN YEARS.
25 Sept 2020
"I wasn't prepared for that" - Paul Egan
Our guest today was born and grew up in Ipswich England.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 Berlin to pursue a professional dance career at the Deutsche Oper and the Staatsballet Berlin.Today he lives and works with his wife and two children in Osnabrueck Germany.Welcome to our program, Paul Egan…===https://www.theater-osnabrueck.de/===The MITY-Podcast is where former professional dancer tell you about their experience moving into a new career. Find out more about career change for professional dancers at ME IN TEN YEARS.
25 Aug 2020
"I always wanted to be a ballerina" - Emma Gustafsson
Our guest was born in Sweden, but she also grew up in Mexico, the US, in Spain and the United Kingdom.She started ballet when she was a small girl and finished her training at the Royal Ballet School in Stockholm before working for companies in France and Germany.Today she lives in Marseille and works as an actress. She has started directing and also teaches theatre.Welcome to our program, Emma Gustafsson…===
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The MITY-Podcast is where former professional dancer tell you about their experience moving into a new career. Find out more about career change for professional dancers at ME IN TEN YEARS.
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25 Jul 2020
"Know what you want in your life" - Yang Wang
Born in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, our guest started dancing since early childhood and began his professional dance training at China People’s Liberation Army Arts Institute (PLAI) Dance Academy from 1988. He graduated from PLAI with distinction and became a lead dancer at No. 2 Artillery Art Troupe of China People’s Liberation Army.
He was chief dancer in many group performances and duets. 1997, he joined Beijing Modern Dance Ensemble and was invited to perform in a dance drama by Adelaide City Arts Academy in Australia.
In 2000, he joined Ms Jin Xing as her co-dancer and assistant to establish Jin Xing Contemporary Dance Ensemble in Shanghai.
Yang was invited to join the Ballet Du Nord in France in 2001 and moved to France’s world-renowned Ballet Preljocaj in September 2002.
Yang embarked on his career as a photographer from 2006.
Since then he has produced several photo books and photo exhibitions. He started fashion photography in 2011 and has ever since been working with GQ, Vogue and ElleMen in China.
Welcome to our program, Yang Wang…
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Follow Yang on Instagram and visit his homepage:
https://www.instagram.com/yangwangparis/http://www.yangwangphotography.com/
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The MITY-Podcast is where former professional dancer tell you about their experience moving into a new career. Find out more about career change for professional dancers at ME IN TEN YEARS.
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25 Jun 2020
ME IN TEN YEARS - Podcast Trailer
Hello and welcome to the MITY - (ME IN TEN YEARS) Podcast!
This podcast features a series of interviews conducted
with former professional dancers who share their experiences about their
career transition.For more information please visit us at
www.meintenyears.com a platform where you can find more resources and
workshops about career development for professional dancers.If you would like to share your own story with us please send me an email to the following address: contact@meintenyears.com
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The MITY-Podcast is where former professional dancer tell you about their experience moving into a new career. Find out more about career change for professional dancers at ME IN TEN YEARS.
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