Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Ep. 45: Stop waiting for permission, with Lisa Shalett
Season 5 Episode 45
"I realized I was allowing other people to be my source of confidence."
Lisa Shalett, co-founder of Extraordinary Women on Boards, joins host Alissa …
12 hours ago
Ep. 44: Dancing into her destiny, with Alexandra Hutchinson
Season 5 Episode 44
"The things that make me different are why I am who I am."
Professional ballerina Alexandra Hutchinson joins Alissa Hsu Lynch to talk about a journey…
1 month, 1 week ago
Ep. 43: Dancing with whales, with Karim Iliya
Season 4 Episode 43
"The first time you swim with a whale, you realize your place in the world — that not everything revolves around us humans."
Karim Iliya, photographe…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 42: Two hundred percent of a person, with Clive Chang
Season 4 Episode 41
"I think music was a way of me finding identity, of finding purpose."
Clive Chang, President and CEO of YoungArts, joins Alissa Hsu Lynch to talk abo…
2 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 41: From dancer to director, with Sonja Kostich
Season 4 Episode 41
"I don't think ballet ever left me. Ballet has had my heart since I was a child."
Sonja Kostich, Executive Director of Houston Ballet, joins host Ali…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 40: Bend, don't break the rhythm, with Matt West
Season 4 Episode 40
"The goal isn't to avoid change. It's to bend without losing yourself."
In this episode of The Leadership Dance, Matt West, executive coach, facilita…
3 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 39: Choreographing with changemakers, with Yemi Dele Akinyemi
Season 4 Episode 39
What does it take to build a career across continents, art forms, and social movements?
Yemi Dele Akinyemi, Czech-Nigerian entrepreneur, choreographe…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 38: Rising through rejections, with Samantha Hope Galler
Season 4 Episode 38
What does it take to rise to the top at one of America's leading ballet companies, after dozens of rejections, a serious injury, and a recession?
Sam…
4 months ago
Ep. 37: Championing women's voices, with Jenna Segal
Season 4 Episode 37
Jenna Segal is writing women into the history books in arts and entertainment. Women make up more than 75% of theater audiences, yet are rarely in th…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 36: Taking the lead, with Chloe Misseldine
Season 4 Episode 36
Spotlight, pressure, and the power of example. In this episode of The Leadership Dance, Chloe Misseldine, Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre…
5 months ago