Candi presents - the Backstage pass podcast

Dancers after intensive training are sent off with sometimes no job or no idea of what really happens in company life. Julie Bowers is making some incredible changes to accommodate this. More about Julie below.Julie Bowers, Executive Director and Co Creator of Grad Pro has had a successful professional dance career, joining the Royal Ballet Company in 1984 and performing works by Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan and David Bintley, alongside classics from Serenade and Penguin Cafe to Swan Lake. Having trained at Elmhurst, where she won the inaugural Paul Clarke Memorial Award, she now works to support talented dancers to achieve their potential.After her performing career, Julie embarked upon a BA (Hons) in International History and American Studies and later completed qualifications in Project Management, to support her in her endeavours in management and leadership roles. Alongside this Julie retained her connection with the dance community, teaching and choreographing for Northern Ballet School and later as Deputy Head of Dance at the Hammond School in Chester.As a Regional Manager for the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) she founded the Genee Dance Challenge, an RAD competition now held across the globe as a precursor for the Fonteyn International Ballet Competition. Julie joined the senior management team at bbodance in 2016 where she was also Director of Artistic Development – supporting the development of syllabi, qualifications, training initiatives for dancers and teachers and supporting the bbodance Membership. Throughout lockdown she worked tirelessly to provide online opportunities to support teachers and students including the Lockdown Challenge with Brandon Lawrence, Creativity Unlocked with David Bintley, a full CPD programme, Zoom support meetings for students and teachers, a Global Teachers Conference and adult classes to support mental health and wellbeing.In addition to her work with Awarding Organisations Julie served on the Board at Elmhurst Ballet School assisting in the transition of the school from Camberley to Birmingham site and seeing the school flourish in their new home. Julie founded the Staffordshire Youth Ballet and continues to support them as a Patron.Julie has a wealth of experience within the artistic industry and has spent many years developing programmes and schemes across the world to make ballet accessible whilst enhancing dancers/teachers training development.https://www.gradpro.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/gradpro_/

BRACE YOURSELF FOR THE ABSOLUTE LEGEND MISTER JOE BLACK!It was an absolute pleasure to talk with Joe, So interesting and humble. We talk about the good and bad of life in their profession. Expect lots of humor and swearing!FANTASTIC SHOW!https://www.misterjoeblack.com/

In the performing arts industry, you are expected to always perform, even through all the challenges you face in life. But what if the obstacles are too big and stop you fully embracing the thing you love most? Daniella D'Ville talks about the difficult chapters in her life, such as domestic abuse and how she overcame them.Some of the content may be upsetting.If anyone is struggling with anything spoken about in this show, there are people that can help. Some links and numbers are listed below.https://www.ncdv.org.uk/National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge on 0808 2000 247 for free at any time, day or nightVictim support for all forms of domestic abuse- available every day, night and day. Call our free and 24 hour Supportline now on 08 08 16 89 111Danielle D'ville https://www.instagram.com/daniella_dville?igsh=MWxtZjFsNXp5OTB5eg==

MUSIC IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL. It creates emotion, it brings us together, and it is used in nearly all of the events we go through in life!DJ artist Ross Smith AKA Arja talks about music and everything that it brings. It's thought provoking, it's deeply intelligent, and it'll without a doubt cause you to reflect.My one question to you is...What does music mean to you??ARJA https://www.instagram.com/arjadjuk/Contact Candi candi.presents.podcast@gmail.com

Being inclusive and making every performer of all ethnicities feel valued and heard is paramount. It's a topic I've wanted to cover for a while and I couldn't think of a business more impactful than the Tired movement.Tired stands for Trying to improve racial equality in dance, and it's their mission to open up communication that motivates teachers for the next generation. This movement aims to remove the fear of discussing racism amongst peers and colleagues and to ensure that good practices within the dance industry are adhered to. To add to the incredible work, founders Stacey and Laura created Shades dancewear.SHADES dancewear is an inclusive UK brand that encourages dancers to embrace their ethnicity and retain their identity from the minute they step into their first dance class. Shades is the first and only UK dancewear brand to provide four shades of skin tone dancewear across all of their products, in all child and adult sizes.It was an absolute privilege to talk with Stacey and I'm certain you will be hooked from beginning to end. https://www.tiredmovement.com/https://shades-dancewear.com/

THE MOST IMPACTFUL MOMENTS FROM MY FIRST YEAR AS A PODCAST HOST.I feel so honoured to have chatted with some of the industries elites. This show is jam packed full of incredible moments. Enjoy!Daniella D'ville episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/77HFpqF94pALgUpZSSN12x?si=srCzOrH3SVuQETootsT6BQDorcas Walters episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0omoEpbd19bqvf0ZOASPio?si=e5Cg8YuzTYmtbMQ3lm7c4gBryony Purdue episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7IXSBMqrcZnW9UqtBm8wex?si=W4TbYTssR0SnJ-7PLEUBEAChris Carter episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7e1kiFpAKRtKP5wZz1zbAD?si=9MFXGCV0SVabvboksafeZAMeghan Reign episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hyM8jZ8pnEIV3Cj50kMiN?si=Wk4G74HTR2epjaEy4-HUiAPaul Murphy episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5nw0juXtihnGkHAoF98VBK?si=trAr-lCkSoiCWCx9buKkMQLuc Sinclair episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/2QmNhYVDAOmVAqGa7IMTnN?si=08vdaIJkRxmjP_c-g4aWXgSir David Bintley episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/33qzmV7twRlP2cxSpypmGl?si=6hKR32YsTSCm7gkHVnuhGACleopantha episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OXAFjkKJ1PyFZnoPsAi9S?si=2S4W043cSMGPqRQFlZLj1gAnna Morgan episode - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HjPdpJNt2rLLLQNcmMAd6?si=0x5NzHJOQdOtIcYoLAZlHghttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ballet-teaching-and-adhd-dance-teacher-and-creator/id1707701477?i=1000657587872