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Heather Ryan and Blyth Potter discuss current affairs and politics - EXCEPT - in this episode, they go way off the rails. IA Senator, Joni Ernst's statement that "we're all gonna die" swings around to - the film maker, 'Kevin Smith is coming to Iowa' and 'Mikhail Barishnikov, the ballet dancer, has an amazing bootie'. Sometimes you have to laugh (Comedy Activism) to keep from crying. PLEASE RATE AND SHARE THIS PODCAST.

In this episode, dance artist Shane Donahue is here to talk with Liz and Maris about most things Mikhail Baryshnikov. The three of them cover a few things including: Shane's work as a dancer and choreographer creating queer-centered post-post modern surrealist work with collaborators Elby Brosch (toghether they are Drama Tops), BenDeLaCreme, Scott Shoemaker, Kim Lusk, and Zoe and Juniper. Baryshnikov's defection from the Soviet Union in the 1970s, how he became a ballet celebrity, and what dance celebrity looks like today with social media and internet culture. The book Maris used as a reference for this episode is Ballerina: Sex, Scandal, and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection by Dierdre Kelly Follow us on social media! @lizhoulton & @mcantolin. This episode is officially the start of Season 2 of Dancers Did That? Podcast! Liz and Maris and guests are back to talk to you about dancers, choreographers, dance styles, genres, and movements (get it?). We also now have an Instagram account ! Follow along @dancersdidthat . --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Stephenie Herman is a former ballerina who has danced with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolph Nureyev and was a protégé of legendary choreographer George Balanchine. In this podcast episode Stephanie shares her memories of these ballet legends and gives us an insight from a ballerina’s unique point of view. Stephanie became a principal dancer at just 19 and moved from the US to Zurich to train with Balanchine . Stephanie shares her dance journey and experience of suffering from injuries that affected her ballet career, and led her to creating her own Pilates Ballet programme. But Stephanie’s creativity has been unstoppable! She’s also recently created a Gold Award winning ballet play and film: ‘ Ballerina: A One Woman Play with Stephanie Herman ‘. Listen to her talk about creating this personal and inspired play. PRESS PLAY. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/djwpodcasts/1wwwod/Stephanie+Herman.mp3 Stephanie Herman. Photo by Azita Gandjei Stephanie Herman. Photo by Azita Gandjei Stephanie Herman. Photo by Azita Gandjei <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-12397" src="https://thewonderfulworldofdance.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/file.jpg" alt="Stephanie Herman in Agon" width="1147

Stephenie Herman is a former ballerina who has danced with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolph Nureyev and was a protégé of legendary choreographer George Balanchine. In this podcast episode Stephanie shares her memories of these ballet legends and gives us an insight from a ballerina’s unique point of view. Stephanie became a principal dancer at just 19 and moved from the US to Zurich to train with Balanchine . Stephanie shares her dance journey and experience of suffering from injuries that affected her ballet career, and led her to creating her own Pilates Ballet programme. But Stephanie’s creativity has been unstoppable! She’s also recently created a Gold Award winning ballet play and film: ‘ Ballerina: A One Woman Play with Stephanie Herman ‘. Listen to her talk about creating this personal and inspired play. PRESS PLAY. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/djwpodcasts/1wwwod/Stephanie+Herman.mp3 Stephanie Herman. Photo by Azita Gandjei Stephanie Herman. Photo by Azita Gandjei Stephanie Herman. Photo by Azita Gandjei <img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-12397" src="https://www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/file.jpg" alt="Stephanie Herman in Agon" width="1147" height="1600" srcset="https://www.thewonde