Guests - Ricardo Pena and Liz Schmidt

Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor

In Episode 112 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, Courtney and Lesley are joined by Ricardo Pena of Performance Edge 2 and Liz Schmidt of Spotlight Dance Works to discuss how dance studio programs can level up their training to produce well-trained dancers who go on to collegiate and professional careers. 

Topics Include:

•  The elements of a high level or pre-professional program
•  How to offer high quality training to all dancers regardless of their professional aspirations
•  Why catering to each dancer's individual desires for their dance future is a more helpful approach than a "one size fits all" approach

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