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Angela Elgani is a celebrity back-up dancer who has danced and toured with George Michael, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, N’Sync and Will Smith. She grew up in St. Louis dancing!
Vita Nahas tells her granddaughter, Sachi, about her first and last embarrassing job when she was 18.
Karen Thanaprakantrakul (20) and her dance instructor and mentor, Ratchikorn "Lin" Kositkasemsuk (36), talk about their Thai dance group, their introductions to Thai dance, and the different Thai dance styles and costumes. They also discuss their performances across Greater New...
Evaine Kirkland (21) and his mother Tara Kirkland-Rainey (61) talk about becoming an adopted family and how Evaine's life has changed.
Steven Rauscher (33) and Harry Jamison (29) discuss the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on employment, opportunity, and happiness in the City of Brotherly Love. Recording issues dogged the first half (and even a bit of the second half) of...
Angela Elgani is a celebrity back-up dancer who has danced and toured with George Michael, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, N’Sync and Will Smith. She grew up in St. Louis dancing!
Friends and colleagues, Alexander "Alex" Tressor (62) and Susan Lust (68) talk about their shared love of dance, their experience helping people with Parkinson's and Alex's personal experience of resilience living with the disease.
Dolores Huerta, 80, speaks with two of her daughters, Camila Chavez, 34, and Lori Huerta de Leon, 57, about being a labor leader and organizer and being a mother.
Henry McCoy (59) sits down with his mother-in-law, Margaret Black (85), to ask about her and her sisters' adventures in "show biz."
Astha Sinha interviews her former dance teacher Cathie Kasch. She’s been monumental to Astha's life not just as a dancer but in making her a better person. In particular, Cathie's shown the importance of forming a tight knit community that...
Steven Rauscher (33) speaks with his friend and former coworker Eric Myszkowski (28) about the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on employment in general and the service industry in Philadelphia specifically.
Anita Rae Strange, 52, is interviewed by Jon Watts, 28, about her job as an exotic dancer and stripper at Atlanta’s venerable Clermont Lounge. She has danced at the club for over 30 years and was one of the first...
Steven Rauscher (33) and Alex Valletta (30) - friends and former coworkers - discuss concerns for the present and future health of Philadelphia's service and hospitality industry amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Shayne Thomas and her dad John Thomas share their joint birthday in the booth. They talk about their family.
A story of woman’s determined life journey across the continents and various obstacles into being a ballerina. Her high and low experiences working as a full time international professional dance model. www.viktoriamodel.com/
Traveling while black means researching more than ticket prices and exchange rates. There's a savviness to surviving racism in the United States and abroad as colorism, cultural appropriation, and xenophobia abound. Robin's faced it all as a black woman teaching...
Steven Rauscher (33) and his friend and former coworker Sheneeka Ocasio (30) discuss the intersection of pandemic and politics in Philadelphia's service and hospitality industry.
Reshma Gajjar, an Indian-American, describes her journey as a dancer, from performing at Luaus as a third grader to dancing on the silver screen in Hollywood.
A fairly recent transplant from West Philadelphia to Tacony, Charles is an artist, singer, dancer and event producer in the performing arts of Philadelphia. Charles gives insight into his involvement in the flourish Art scene in Tacony, also known as...
Steven Rauscher (33) and Brandon Thrash discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Philadelphia's service and hospitality industry, with a special focus on how the value of service and hospitality in America needs to be redefined and reframed moving...
Abigail Lind [no age given] interviews her mentors, Sara Brummel [no age given] and Ruth Barnes [no age given], about their career, life, and journey through dance and the arts.