TALKING WITH WILLIAM WALDINGER - A FACULTY MEMBER OF JOFFREY BALLET SCHOOL IN NEW YORK

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Today I'm sharing our very special conversation with William Waldinger, a faculty member of Joffrey Ballet School in New York. William reached out to me under one of my videos here and there we are - talking about problems and also good things in the world of ballet. I'm very thankful for this conversation!

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
1:35 What the world expects a ballet dancer to look like
3:35 In New York there are so many dancing opportunities
5:40 Joffrey Ballet students learn jazz, contemporary and modern
8:00 It's important to be versatile as a dancer
10:00 My ballet teachers didn't want to see my potential in other dance styles
12:30 Special award for a young dancer
15:15 Many of Vaganova students are not able to move themselves in a different way
17:45 Technique VS Emotion
20:10 William: we're not here necessarily to make ballerinas
22:10 William started at 25
24:30 The stigma of how we see a dancer needs to change
26:40 Ballet is an art
28:40 What if we let the bodies be different
30:20 My experience in the theater
32:40 Producing dancers in a nurturing way
34:35 Joffrey summer intensive

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