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LNXdance Podcast030 Sip & Chat: Gabriel MataSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! M&M continue Season 4 with the inspiring, talented, and wonderful Gabriel Mata!IG: gabrielmatamovingSite: www.gabrielmatamovement.comGabriel Mata (gah-bryehl mah-tah) is a Mexican American dance choreographer, educator, and performer from Washington DC. He received his Masters in Fine Arts - dance from the University of Maryland - College Park.Mata’s seven-year research has cultivated his own performance work of “motion memoirs.” While focused on movement, the work i...
2024-10-2357 minLNXdance Podcast029 Sip & Chat: Dr. Rebecca PizarroSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! We are excited to be back and close out our celebration of Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month with the inspiring and beautiful Dr. Rebecca Pizarro! BioSite: https://bio.site/On2PhysicalTherapy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/on2physicaltherapy/ Website: https://on2physicaltherapy.com/ A NYC native, Dr. Pizarro always danced as part of her culture but her passion for Latin dance exploded when she learned on2 Salsa in h...
2024-10-0950 minLNXdance Podcast028 Sip & Chat: Lourdes del Mar Santiago LebrónSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! We are excited to continue our celebration of Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month with the wonderful Lourdes del Mar Santiago Lebrón!Instagram: lourdesdelmar_Puerto Rican movement artist, Lourdes del Mar Santiago Lebrón, is committed to creating immersive artistic explorations that provoke curiosity, heighten sensory awareness, and demand attention. Central to their practice is a belief in fostering genuine connections between art maker and audience through raw emotional experiences. Their work often carries a...
2024-10-0244 minLNXdance Podcast027 Sip & Chat: Adam Dario MoralesSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! We are excited to continue our celebration of Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month with the beautiful Adam Dario Morales! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamorales_/Adam Dario Morales (He/Him) is of Colombian descent, and was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. He began his training at The Ailey School under the direction of Tracy Inman and Tiffany Barnes on a full merit scholarship at the age of four years...
2024-09-251h 01LNXdance Podcast026 Sip & Chat: Alex MorelSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! We are honored to open up Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month with the remarkable Alex Morel. You may have spotted him during his VMA performance with the one-and-only Karol G!Some things that came up in this episode: DR Escape: October 27 - November 3, 2024 Find Alex on Instagram @bachataduraAnD Website“Music can make you go through a range of so ma...
2024-09-181h 31LNXdance Podcast025 Welcome to Season 4!Send us a message!Welcome back to another season with LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!In this season kickoff episode, Marcus and Mari catch up on what they have been up to... updates, learning, and growing pains for this duo. They also look back at a few things that have happened during our break from Season 3 and share their excitement for the season ahead.A few things that came up in this show:Jimmy Anton's SocialsBombazo Dance Company - Bronx, NYC
2024-09-1834 minLNXdance Podcast024 M&M Season 3 Finale!Send us a message!Welcome back to our final episode of Season 3, with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!In this episode, M&M catch up on what they have been up to this Summer. They also look back at this past season with gratitude, lessons learned and incredible memories. We are so beyond grateful for ALL of the support we have been receiving, thank you to all of our Guests and our Listeners (Friends & Family). A few things that came up in this show:MotionScoop Dance Academy (Adult & Kids Classes i...
2024-08-2135 minLNXdance Podcast023 Sip & Chat: Antonio DozaSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! As we close out Season 3, we would like to share one last guest with our friends and familia, the dazzling Antonio Doza. Get More Antonio: https://www.instagram.com/senor_doza/?hl=enAntonio Doza - Dancer, Actor, Model and Mortgage Advisor based in New York City.Antonio is known for his captivating presence, clear teaching technique and all around festive, inviting energy. He has traveled throughout the world educating and showing off...
2024-08-141h 00LNXdance Podcast022 Sip & Chat: Mark Travis RiveraSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! Introducing our next guest, the inspiring Mark Travis Rivera. We are so honored to share his story with you. Enjoy!Trigger Warning: this episode talks about gun violence and mental health. Get More Mark: https://linktr.ee/marktravriveraTelling stories is at the core of Mark Travis Rivera’s purpose in life. He is an award-winning creative entrepreneur and the Chief Executive Officer + Founder of The Professional Storyteller, where he embraces the power of...
2024-07-3142 minLNXdance Podcast021 Sip & Chat: Tess Losada MinerSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! After a little break, we are excited to regresar with our next guest... the beautiful Tess Losada Miner. We are so honored to share her story with you. Enjoy!Tess on IG: https://www.instagram.com/losadanza/Tess' Website: https://losadatess.wixsite.com/danceTess Angelica Losada Miner is a Cuban-American dancer, choreographer, scholar, and educator currently working towards her MFA in Dance at Washington University in St. Louis. Tess’ research considers liminality, bicultural straddling, and how identity is...
2024-07-2436 minLNXdance Podcast020 Sip & Chat: David HerreraSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! Our guest for this episode is the inspiring David Herrera. We are so honored to share his story with you. Enjoy!Learn More: www.dhperformance.orgInstagram: DHPCComparte el amor with our guest, and let us know your favorite part of this chat. We want to thank David for making this Sip & Chat happen and sharing his story with us!David Herrera is a choreographer, producer, and community leader in San Francisco, California, whose work...
2024-06-261h 10LNXdance Podcast019 Sip & Chat: Natalia MesaSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! Our guest for this episode is our wonderful and beautiful friend Natalia Mesa. We are so honored to share her story with you. Enjoy!Natalia on IG: https://www.instagram.com/natalia.mesah/Ballet Hispanico's Community Arts: https://www.ballethispanico.org/community/community-arts-partnershipsLXDEA: https://www.latinxdanceeducatorsalliance.com/BAAND Together Festival: FREE Latin Social Class July 30th https://lincolncenter.org/series/summer-for-the-city/dance-workshop-with-ballet-hispanico-194Comparte el amor with our guest, and let us know...
2024-06-1255 minLNXdance Podcast018 Sip & Chat: Katherine JimenezSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! Our guest for this episode is the beautiful Katherine Jimenez. We are so honored to share her story with you. Enjoy!Kathy on IG: katherinejimenez_official Ailey Extensions: www.alvinailey.org/extension/instudio/mamboNYU, Dance Ed: steinhardt.nyu.edu/programs/dance-educationStreaming Platform: KJON2.comCombinacion Perfecta and Eddie Torres: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWXO5uW-PUsComparte el amor with our guest, and let us know your favorite part of this chat. We want...
2024-05-2953 minLNXdance Podcast017 Sip & Chat: Ahtoy Juliana, PhDSend us a message!Welcome back to LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! Our guest for this episode is the lovely Ahtoy Juliana. We are so honored to share her story with you. Enjoy!Ahtoy on IG: ahtoyjulianaBaila Society: https://www.bailasociety.com/Comparte el amor with our guest, and let us know your favorite part of this chat. We want to thank Ahtoy for making this Sip & Chat happen and for sharing her story with us!Ahtoy grew up in Guam and has indigenous CHamoru and Cuban ancestry. She...
2024-05-151h 05LNXdance Podcast016 Sip & Chat: Brianna RiosSend us a message!Welcome back to another season of LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!Join us as we kick off this season with our first guest, Brianna Rios. We are so thrilled to share Bri's story with you... enjoy! Based out of NYC with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from St. Francis College, and dancing since the age of 4, Brianna has continued to follow her passion through performing, teaching, and competing internationally. At 18 years old, she became the youngest professional World Champion in the Salsa On2 division and now, is...
2024-05-0144 minLNXdance Podcast015 Welcome to Season 3!Send us a message!Welcome back to another season with LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!In this episode, Marcus and Mari catch up on what they have been up to... lots of updates, changes, and growth for this duo. They also look back at the interviews they conducted during the Spring time and have a few thoughts to share. Listen in to get all the tea. Comparte el amor with us by leaving a comment and following up on Instagram LNXdance. Let us know what your favorite part of this chat was...
2024-05-0123 minLNXdance Podcast014 Sip & Chat: Dr. Bruno RodriguezSend us a message!Welcome back to another season of LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!Join us for this super inspiring episode as we have the privilege of interviewing the one and only Dr. Bruno Rodriguez, Ph.D. Check out his biography below and listen in to find out how he juggles it all: doctoral degree in Microbiology, cross-genre training, AND international career as a dancer, performer, and educator!Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Bruno Rodriguez began his salsa training at the age of 9 under the direction of Julie Mayoral...
2023-06-051h 05LNXdance Podcast013 Sip & Chat: Mariana RanzSend us a message!Welcome back to another season of LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!Join us for this special episode as we welcome the amazing Mariana Ranz (BFA, MA), to our podcast. Check out her story below and listen in to see how Community Outreach became such a big part of her life. We are so fortunate to have this episode for you all, and know there is a lot to take away from her story! Mariana Ranz is originally from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where she began her ballet training...
2023-04-1041 minLNXdance Podcast012 Sip & Chat: Emma Sofia CaymaresSend us a message!Welcome back to another season of LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!Join us this week as we welcome Latina Americana dancer and actress, Emma Sofia Caymares (BFA, SUNY Purchase College), to our podcast. We dive deep into her childhood growing up in concert dance and her career trajectory as she explores the dualities of working as a dancer and actress both on and off the screen. She talks about how she is now transferring those skills over to film-writing and how she is working hard to create films and content...
2022-11-0756 minLNXdance Podcast011 Sip & Chat: Kiri AvelarSend us a message!Welcome back to another season of LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!We are so honored to bring to you Kiri Avelar, MFA, Interdisciplinary Artist, Educator, and Scholar! An awardee of the Chancellor's Fellow @ucsantabarbara's Theater & Dance Department and a beautiful human inside and out. Kiri is a strong fronteriza artist-scholar from the U.S./Mexico borderlands of El Paso, Texas/Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua. The movement between her cultures in the borderlands, and time lived away from the area, have shaped her interest in accessible, inclusive dance practices anchored in C...
2022-10-1041 minLNXdance Podcast010 Welcome to Season 2!Send us a message!Welcome back to another season with LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari! In this episode, Marcus and Mari catch up on what they have been up to... lots of updates, changes, and growth for this duo. Resources for Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month: https://www.latinxdanceeducatorsalliance.com/the-oasisInstagrams to Help Puerto Rico & Caribbean from Hurricane Fiona's impact: Techos Pa Mi Gente, @techospamigente.prMi Patria Puerto Rico, @mipatria.prLNX x FuegoDanceShoes Brand AmbassadorsAñade...
2022-10-0324 minLNXdance Podcast009 Sip & Chat: Elvis ColladoSend us a message!Welcome back to another episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez!Join us while we sipped and chatted with our good friend Elvis Collado, competitors, lover of all things dance, and currently Floridian! Thank you Elvis for sharing the story of how you came to love dance and your journey of finding your passion and what is now your career in life. Elvis' story, much like those of past guests, goes to show that you can turn passion into a career and that it doesn't have to...
2022-03-2853 minLNXdance Podcast008 M&M Current Topics: Latinx RepresentationSend us a message!Mari & Marcus are back with another Current Topics episode! Catch up with your favorite hosts and join the conversation on Latinx Representation in the field. In this episode, we cover the New York Dance Festival, West Side Stories, In the Heights, and more! Let's talk representation in our industry and how we can do better to represent our communities with less stereotypical characters and more authentic ones. Listen in to get the tea, what they liked, what they were disappointed with, and what they would change about Latinx representation in the BIG SCREEN...
2022-03-1453 minLNXdance Podcast007 Sip & Chat: Karel FloresSend us a message!Welcome back to another episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez!We are so honored to bring to you Karel Flores, Professional Dancer, Choreographer, and Activist! A passionate leader in her industry who works hard to bring women of all backgrounds a seat to the table. Karel is a world-renowned solo artist, teacher, and choreographer whose passion for dance began in a non-conventional way. Listen in to hear about her story and how she continues to fight for women on and off the dance floor! Thank you...
2022-03-0749 minLNXdance Podcast006 Sip & Chat: Michelle ManzanalesSend us a message!Welcome back to another episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez!We are so excited to bring to you Michelle Manzanales, Choreographer & Dance Educator! A truly talented and inspiring leader in our community whose commissioned work for Ballet Hispánico, Con Brazos Abiertos, explores the duality of living in a Mexican-American household in Texas and how that has impacted her throughout her career. Find out how she found herself falling back in love with her roots and how she continues to share that love with those around h...
2022-02-2851 minLNXdance Podcast005 M&M Life and Dance UpdatesSend us a message!Mari & Marcus are back with another episode after a two-week break. Find out what they have been up to in life and how Marcus has been using dance as a way to heal like going social dancing at SalsaMania and taking a Hustle class from Nelson Flores at Yamulee Dance Company Studios. Mari talks about presenting at the New York State Dance Education Association Conference and traveling to Florida to teach Ballet Technique at TAME Dance Academy. Leave us your thoughts and comments in our IG @LNXdance!LNX x...
2022-02-2123 minLNXdance Podcast004 Sip & Chat: Franklin LiranzoSend us a message!Welcome back to another episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez! Take a few minutes to get to know our next guest, Franklin Liranzo. 8X World Salsa Champion, Internationally-acclaimed choreographer, teacher & photographer, creator of NudeYorker, now known as RudeYorker, and proud Veteran of the US Navy! A multi-faceted and talented individual that we are lucky to call a friend. We absolutely cannot wait for you to listen to this episode. Let us know one thing that surprised you about our dear friend, Mr. Franklin Liranzo, by leaving...
2022-01-3145 minLNXdance Podcast003 M&M Current Topics: COVID ContinuesSend us a message!Mari & Marcus discuss the current restrictions and changes seen in the NYC dance industry due to the new variant and how it has affected artists. They explore ways we can be resilient to respond as teachers, dancers, and performers. They also talk about current performances and movies that are in their minds including the upcoming Full-Lenght performance titled "Doña Perón" by Ballet Hispánico's Company and the new films "In the Heights" and "West Side Story". Leave us your thoughts and comments in our IG @LNXdance!LNX x F...
2022-01-2421 minLNXdance Podcast002 Sip & Chat: Deanna Lynn MartinezSend us a message!Welcome to another episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez. Take a few minutes to get to know Deanna Lynn Martinez as she navigates a new role of Dance Educator in Queens, NYC. Listen to hear all about her struggles with identidad and how she is empowering herself to become an advocate and example to all of her students of varied nationalities. Deanna is a very impressive educator and she is JUST getting started. We hope you are just as inspired as we were through our thoughtful conversations... there...
2022-01-1751 minLNXdance Podcast001 Saludos from your Hosts: Mari & MarcusSend us a message!Welcome to our very first episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez. Take a few minutes to get to know us with a fun icebreaker Q&A. Support the show--Brought to you by MotionScoop Dance Corp, LNXdance Podcast is a series of conversations FOR Latinx dancers and educators BY Latinx dancers and educators. Join Mari & Marcus -M&M- as they dive deep into important topics in the dance industry and explore how being p...
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