Caroline M. Diamond co-hosts with Dana Wilson and guest Riley Higgins on the Words That Move Me Podcast this week! Caroline and Riley recently joined Dana in her Skeleton Crew for Paula Abdul’s new tour! What IS a skeleton crew? Why is it essential? How can skeleton crew prep be challenging? What do skeleton crew dancers/choreographers do, and how do you get good at it?... We unpack all of it, and we touch on how being competitive dancers positioned us for our professional work (for better and for worse). Listen in to hear a few tips for creating prototypes for your work, tricks for managing impostor syndrome, and many breaks for laughter.

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Dana Wilson dives into #careertalk with Rhapsody James this week on Words That Move Me Podcast! Rhap is back to talk about how she managed her mind around insecurities and mental/ physical challenges while shooting the famous pool scene of In The Heights Movie in 2018.

What happens when you want to #bethebestyou on set, but the choreography puts that out of reach? This episode is all about the uncomfortable conversations (with yourself AND with department heads) that are the #keytosuccessonset

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Show Notes:

Watch Rhapsody’s 1st episode

Listen to the In The Heights episode

Listen to Jessica Castro’s episode

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I want you to have a strong sense of #SelfDirection when it feels like the project is going down in flames. So, this episode is all about the skills you need to create a “YES” in a creative process that is full of the word “NO’. As a byproduct this episode is also about conflict resolution, refining your creative process, and successful thinking in your life at large.

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Show Notes:

Listen to The Key to All Creative Collaborations

Listen to How to Ask Good Questions

Listen to Adrienne’s episode

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Dana Wilson hosts Haley Fitzgerald on the Words That Move Me Podcast this week! Funny person, fabulous dancer, and self-declared “proud influencer”, Haley talks all about being an associate choreographer for Mean Girls the movie musical, how she deals with perfectionism, her most embarrassing moments on set and so much more.. Listen in to learn and laugh… a lot.

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Show Notes

Connect with Haley on IG

Learn about JRS Acting

Listen to Gary’s episode

Listen to our In The Heights episode

Listen to Mandy’s episode

Listen to Marty’s episode

Listen to Smac’s episode

Listen to the Seaweed Sisters episode

Zero to Hero reference video

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Dana Wilson hosts Alison Faulk on the Words That Move Me Podcast this week! Alison has done it all from dancing with some of the biggest pop stars (Pink, Madonna, Britney Spears, and more), to creating a strip empire with Magic Mike the Film and Magic Mike Live. Alison took some time out of her busy schedule to geek out on dance, talk about what makes something sexy, and she gives us her secret to longevity!

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Show Notes:

Connect with Alison on IG

Go watch Magic Mike Live in Vegas

Nearness of You

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Dana Wilson hosts award-winning choreographer/ director team Keone & Mari Madrid on the Words That Move Me Podcast this week! Their new feature, “Space & Time” @spaceandtimefilm, is centered around grief so be prepared to feel all the feels and have your notes ready for all the juicy (and very smart) details of their creative process. Stick around till the end for a cameo by Wrist Roll the Dog and the affirmation you needed to hear today.

Be on the lookout for screenings of Space & Time near you!

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Show Notes:

Connect with Mari Madrid on IG

Connect with Keone Madrid on IG

Follow the film Space & Time on IG

Learn more about Space & Time

Watch Justin Timberlake’s “Selfish”

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Finally! This week, Dana Wilson reacts to 6 of the funkiest dance videos from across the internet, including one from her deeply funky dance hero, Yoshie. We have talked about making this video for a while now, and it was worth the wait! Please enjoy Dana’s various facial contortions and involuntary outbursts.

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Show Notes:

Here are all the videos from this episode:

G-Splash

Yoshie

Ghetto Funk Collective

PJ Turner & Tashina Beckmann

FireLock vs Tiffany Bong

JJ vs Tian Tian

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