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Sorority house mom shares her passion for dance and stories about her creative family and their influence on her life.

My mom explains how she learned the polka stops without knowing at first that it was a dance.

This is an interview I did with my friend and classmate Ariana Sosa. We covered many things like hobbies and memories!

The person that I interviewed was Sophia Ortiz, an 18 year old senior from St Brendan High School. I am a 17 year old senior from St Brendan and she is my friend. Topics discussed were life advice, experiences, and...

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Oceanside, New York, Madeline Feldman (15) and her grandmother Karen Rosenstein (73) discuss her childhood and family. Karen shares an overview of her chapters in life. She shares stories about growing up...

A conversation between partners and musical collaborators Gregg Ostrom and Tisa Batchelder, who met many years ago at the Old Town School, where they work. They share memories of their first encounters with the school, of their long courtship, and...

I ​Interview ​Ms. ​Nami. ​Reason ​why ​I ​interview ​her ​because, ​I ​am ​interested ​by ​her. ​She is ​dancer ​and ​she ​is ​teaches ​Performing ​Art ​to ​many ​grades. ​She ​is ​ballet ​teacher ​but also ​she ​is ​telling ​performing ​art. ​Ms.Nami ​really...

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In this interveiw, conducted in November 2019 in Crofton, Maryland, Kiara Griner (13) interveiws her grandma Sherry Vernal (76) about her life experiences and childhood. Ms. Vernal shares about the importance of the people in her life and the effects...

Dayna Gallivan is my boss and dance teacher/ owner and director of All The Right Moves Dance Center. In this interview we took a deep dive into Dayna’s history with dancing and becoming a studio owner.

Jes is the best

Dancer. Director. Educator. Danyel Moulton is a staple in the dance community as her wisdom and her power is second to none. Danyel is the founder of LFG, an All Female collective that is most notable for representing Team USA...

Élya jeshke is a teacher at Boston ballet school and is being interviewed by one of her students. They talk about why Élya falls in love with dance.

Board of Directors Storytelling Project: Our first StoryCorps conversation is between SFV Board Co-chair Bill Haskell (77) and Board member Liv Schaffer (31). In this inspiring conversation, Bill and Liv talked about many things including people who have been instrumental...

Barbara talks about the importance of staying physically fit, her experiences teaching physical education at the University of Utah, changes in women's rights, and doing what you love.

On Appalachian Flatfoot Dancing with professional musician, Rebecca Stout

Tori shares her story about growing up with a her twin brother Dylan. Dylan has down syndrome and Tori does not (a 14 in a million statistic). Listen to hear more about these fun, loving, and interesting pair of siblings.

My mom reflects about questions from her childhood

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Egg Harbor Township, NJ, Layla McIntosh (16) asks her mom, Jennifer McIntosh (43), about her life as a child and her struggles and what she gained. Layla learns that her mother was,...

Talking about her life so far.

Hannah and Mr. Truong have a conversation at the end of Hannah's junior year of high school.

When a young Reggio "The Hoofer" McLaughlin first started tap dancing in Chicago, venues turned him away at the door, saying "we haven't booked a tap dancer since 1945!" In this conversation with his coworker Mareva Lindo, he talks about...

Discussion about what makes a leader and how to become a good leader :)

Saladeen Alamin has been teaching Latin Dance at the Old Town School for over two decades. In this conversation with his wife, Rosita Ragin-Alamin, they talk about his early years as an acrobatic mambo dancer, his reflections on teaching at...

I interviewed Sarah, who’s my best friend, we are both 15. We talked about dance and her experience with it.