Dance Specific TALKS

ARTIST: Frankwa COUNTRY: France STYLES: Top Rock & House CREWS: @noblazcrew // @serialstepperzz // @enfantsprodiges // @undercovercrew Frankwa Marna, from Paris, Winner of Juste debout World Final 2016. He started his dance career with Breakdance. Highly influenced by his big brother Kapela, he walked in his footsteps, through Breakdance Toprock and House. Member of Serial Stepperz Crew &...

ARTIST: Bagsy COUNTRY: UK STYLES: Waacking, House, Locking + Acting & Stuntman Bagsy has won many battles in the UK and internationally and taught multiple workshops and intensive dance courses in Japan, China, Indonesia, Italy, Poland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Scotland, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Norway, France, Germany and more. Bagsy also performs in theaters, hosts events, teaches, choreographs,...

ARTIST: Gianinni Semedo Moreira COUNTRY: Netherlands / USA Gianinni Semedo Moreira is a writer-director based in Los Angeles, CA. He was born and raised in The Netherlands and started his career in entertainment as a professional dancer. After a successful career there, Gianinni moved to Los Angeles at the age of 21, to further pursue his career. He has worked with various major artists like Lady...

ARTIST: Benedikte Esperi COUNTRY: Sweden  🇸🇪 WEBSITE: BenedikteEsperi.com Benedikte Esperi is an independent performance artist, choreographer, filmmaker, researcher, producer, and curator based in Sweden. Her atelier/workshop is currently at VULKANO and Finnekumla Dance & Art space. She is published in a variety of venues, such as public sites, galleries, theatres, festivals, and elsewhere, b...

In the quiet period of Dance Specific Talks, we have been cooking up something special! The host T-zer got invited to help Korzo , the theater in Den Haag, the Netherlands to start their own podcast: Sounds from the Cypher . You will hear T-zer host together with the amazing Sachi as they interview local artists about their work, passion, and lifestyle - all episodes in English! In the fourth epis...

In the quiet period of Dance Specific Talks, we have been cooking up something special! The host T-zer got invited to help Korzo , the theater in Den Haag, the Netherlands to start their own podcast: Sounds from the Cypher . You will hear T-zer host together with the amazing Sachi as they interview local artists about their work, passion, and lifestyle - all episodes in English! The third episode...

In the quiet period of Dance Specific Talks, we have been cooking up something special! The host T-zer got invited to help Korzo , the theater in Den Haag, the Netherlands to start their own podcast: Sounds from the Cypher . You will hear T-zer host together with the amazing Sachi as they interview local artists about their work, passion, and lifestyle - all episodes in English! In the second we h...

In the quiet period of Dance Specific Talks, we have been cooking up something special! The host T-zer got invited to help Korzo , the theater in Den Haag, the Netherlands to start their own podcast: Sounds from the Cypher . You will hear T-zer host together with the amazing Sachi as they interview local artists about their work, passion, and lifestyle - all episodes in English! The first episode...

This week Dance Specific Talks want to highlight the upcoming dance workshop series in Amsterdam: #FeelingsFirst This information is coming from the Instagram live session Sabou & T-zer had about why they are offering a brand new experience of dance and personal development! About #FeelingsFirst : When taking dance workshops, something we’ve experienced first hand was this: Going there excited...

The popping dancer and director of International Dance League  ➡️ LEAL !⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ARTIST: Leal van Herwaarden COUNTRY: Rotterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Founder & Director for: International Dance League ⁠ 🎥 Video interview: ⁠ Dance Specific TALKS ⁠ Loving real talks with dancers? Click here 🥰 ⏯️ Listen at: Spotify, Apple Podcast & Google Podcast !⁠ ⁠ Host: @tzerfuse ⁠ ⁠Released by: @befitandsen...

NEXT ARTIST ▶️ LISA LOTTIE!⁠ ⁠ The world-touring Hula Hoop circus artist and actor ➡️ @Lisa_Lottie !⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ARTIST: Lisa Lottie⁠ COUNTRY: Born in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 Lives around the world.⁠ WEBSITE: www.lisalottie.com⁠ 🎥 Video interview: ⁠ Dance Specific TALKS ⁠ Loving real talks with dancers? Click here 🥰 ⏯️ Listen at: Spotify, Apple Podcast & Google Podcast !⁠ ⁠ Host: @tzerfuse ⁠ ⁠Released b...

ARTIST: Simon Bus⁠ COUNTRY: The Netherlands 🇳🇱⁠ WEBSITE: www. Bus-Simon.com⁠ ⁠ For Simon, breakdance is synonymous with uniqueness and originality. As a b-boy, he develops his own movement language from which being a maker is only a small step. Exploring the extreme possibilities of his own body, he increasingly investigates other bodies. The starting point for his work is a mix of fascinations fo...

ARTIST: Kamilė Karpalovaitė aka Kamilla Lil'K COUNTRY: Lithuania STYLE: Hip-Hop PROJECT: More. Than. A.Human YOUTUBE: Kamilla Lil'K Kamilla Lil’K is a dancer, artist, and event organizer, a personality who radiates positivity and originality! It is a person who opens her soul by dancing. She travels, she searches, she discovers, she creates, and shares. “Most of my inspiration comes from...

ARTIST: Rajiv Bhagwanbali COUNTRY: The Netherlands 🇳🇱 STYLE: Popping WEBSITE: jivthechief.nl Born in Surinam with Indian parents, brought up in the Netherlands, and falling in love with Popping. Today Rajiv Bhagwanbali is one of Rotterdam's biggest hosts and artistic directors. He just became a father at the same time as losing his own father due to Covid-19. In this episode, we have a beauti...

How does capitalism connect with our self-worth? In which way does a dancer deal with hundreds of rejections? What does it mean to dare to dream about different things when you are on the top? ARTIST: Nellie Bethel ⁠ COUNTRY: Denmark 🇩🇰⁠ STYLES: House, Waacking, Commercial⁠ MENTORSHIP PROGRAM:⁠ The Path This episode is probably one of the deepest talks we have had on this podcast so far. Meet Nell...

ARTIST: Superdave COUNTRY: USA 🇺🇲 STYLE: Hip-hop Superdave is from the Bay area but has been living in LA, working as a dancer and choreographer. He has worked with International artists such as Usher, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Backstreet Boys, Matt Pokora, Tyrese, Bob Sinclar, Beyonce and many more. Also he has been a co-choreographer for such tours as Justin T...

ARTIST: Mirty COUNTRY: The Netherlands 🇳🇱 STYLE: Kizomba & Lady styling SCHOOL: Castle of Dance Mirty is one of the Netherlands' most famous kizomba artists and her partner is the French dancer Chamalo. Together they have performed and taught all over the world. She is teaching at the school Castle of Dance in both Kizomba, Kizomba Fusion and Lady styling. In this interview we get the ful...

ARTIST: Sonja McCord⁠ COUNTRY: USA 🇺🇲⁠ STYLE: Ballett and Tap⁠ WEBSITE: www.thesonjamccordx.com⁠ Sonja McCord is a dancer, choreographer, and marketing strategist who helps dancers and performing artists who want to make their mark and share their art and performances with the world.  Sonja has worked 15+ years in agency marketing and has performed with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet,...

ARTIST: Kadu Pires COUNTRY: Brazil 🇧🇷 based in Madrid 🇪🇸 STYLE: Samba de Gafieira , Brazilian Zouk & West Coast Swing WEBSITE: www.kadularissa.com Kadu was born in Sao Paulo where he started his studies in Latin dance. At 18 years old he moved to Rio de Janeiro where he started teaching and performing with Jimmy de Oliveira and Alex de Carvalho dance companies. Kadu Pires met his partner Laris...

ARTIST: Nathan Geering COUNTRY: UK STYLE: Breakin' Company: Rationale Arts WEBSITE: www.rationalearts.com Nathan Geering is an Artistic Director, Consultant, and Accessibility Innovator. He is the founder of the Rationale Method of accessibility and runs a registered charity called Rationale Arts which has the ethos of making art accessible for all. In addition to this Nathan is a published a...

Time to talk about Brazilian ZOUK with no one else than ➡️  Arthur Santos! ⁠ ARTIST: Arthur Santos COUNTRY: Brazil 🇧🇷 based in Madrid 🇪🇸 STYLE: Brazilian Zouk WEBSITE: ArthursSantos.com Arthur was born in Goiânia, Brazil and at 12 years old discovered his dance passion at high school with jazz and contemporary. Performer, teacher and choreographer, he started dancing Latin and Brazilian ballroom i...

"My purpose in life is to inspire other people and I'm doing it one student, one choreo, one performance, one production at the time" - Mike Gamble ARTIST: Mike Gamble⁠ COUNTRY: USA/Sweden 🇺🇲🇸🇪⁠ STYLE: Jazz, Hip Hop, Modern, High Heels, Burlesque⁠ FOLLOW HIS PROJECTS: @gamblesgreenroom @wearedopeaf⁠ Mike Gamble is originally from the USA but today he sees Sweden as his main home. Mi...

ARTIST: Edyta Czagowiec   COUNTRY: Poland (based also in Milan) 🇵🇱 STYLES: Salsa, Mambo, Lady styling PARTNER: Talal Benlahsen GROUP: Latin Soul Dancers Edyta Czagowiec is one of Poland's most fierce salsa artists. Teaching several ladies team, developing a long lasting partnership with her partner Talal and performing with Latin Soul Dancers - Edyta truly has kept herself busy! We are diving...

"You can be whatever and whoever you desire to be" Daniëlle de Jong lives in a small city in Friesland in the Netherlands. Growing up Daniëlle always loved dancing but her environment did not have much to offer. She was super driven from an early age and became one of the youngest business owners in her region. Never in a million year did she think she was going to teach dancing and do c...

ARTIST: E-Flex COUNTRY: Ghana 🇬🇭⁠ STYLE: Azonto⁠ FOUNDER: I am Azonto Dance 4 Change gh CREW: Humble Stars dc E-Flex grew up in Ghana and knew early that dance was his gift. Despite being homeless for five years, his love for dance made him fight all the way into Ghana's TV industry. When he got asked to start teaching dance at the university he knew that his passion would pay off and since t...