A message people need to hear. Sometimes, you just have to speak your truth and know that the right ones will hear you. Trusting your intuition is like walking with God next to you. This won't be the last time you randomly hear from me. Are we

CHICAGO, CAN YOU DO BETTER?

Nov 1st, 2021 54m 58s

TW: Abuse Dance communities all over are joining us in the fight against abuse and supporting survivors, but Chicago seems to have a dark cloud (or person) hovering over them. The abuse of power is real here and this is only one story of man

YOUNG SKULL CLUB: A 15 yr old‘s Toxic Dance Nightmare

Sep 27th, 2021 1h 25m

TW: grooming, child abuse, some talk of sexual harassment. Here we are. Over one year since Cierra, Lexi, Chris, Jesse, and 100’s of other brave souls came forward about the abuse they had endured while being a part of the now over, AOV (Acade

A SURVIVOR IN BREAKIN’ (feat. N’tegrity Quinones)

Jul 26th, 2021 1h 14m

TW: sexual assault On this episode of UNSCRIPTED co-hosts Kimia and Cierra sit down with the bold and strong N’tegrity Quinones whom in the past year has openly came out about an unfortunate situation that happened years ago from a prominent m

TACKLING CULTURAL/IDENTITY ABUSE IN DANCE (ft. Inertia Dewitt)

Jun 7th, 2021 51m 34s

On this episode of UNSCRIPTED we have the privilege of bringing on licensed therapist, somatic psychotherapist and EMDR practitioner, Inertia Dewitt (MFA, MA) to discuss Cultural/Identity Abuse and how it shows up in dance. As a dancer herself

SKETCHY AGENCIES (ft. Feliciano Ortiz)

Apr 5th, 2021 39m 46s

Agencies taking advantage of talent. Under-paying and mistreating dancers. Doesn’t really seem like a surprise to hear, but why are we normalizing it and why do people say, “ It’s just the way the dance industry is.”? NO. We do not need to acce

TW: Conquering Sexual Abuse w. Terry Hyde

Mar 15th, 2021 44m 51s

Trigger Warning: topics on sexual abuse We continue the conversation on the 6 different types of abuse SYTW has chosen to do deeper research on and host Jesse Fields is talking with SYTW contributor and licensed therapist, Terry Hyde to help e

PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE w. Carly Wielstein

Mar 1st, 2021 52m 39s

We continue the conversation on the 6 different types of abuse SYTW has been researching and Jesse is talking with SYTW contributor and licensed therapist, Carly Wielstein to educate us all. Carly uses specific examples of psychological abuse s

CALLING IN COLLEGIATE TEAMS PT 3.

Feb 22nd, 2021 31m 20s

Trigger Warning: RapeOn this episode of UNSCRIPTED Cierra brings on another survivor of a collegiate dance team in Riverside California. Selena was the first one to originally come forward about this serial abuser who is former director of the

EMOTIONAL/VERBAL ABUSE IN DANCE w. Carly Wielstein

Feb 15th, 2021 54m 53s

It’s time to start educating on the 6 different types of abuse SYTW has been researching and we are starting off with bringing on licensed therapist, Carly Wielstein to educate us. Carly uses specific examples of emotional/verbal abuse seen in

REALIZATION OF SEXUALIZATION (ft. Sarah Dharshi)

Feb 8th, 2021 1h 1m

Breakout your notebooks or if you’re driving, mental notebooks. Sarah Dharshi is back with us dropping education on our asses! Speaking on her perspective of how dancers are sexualized, we discuss real life examples of how dancers are over sexu

A COVER UP: AOV TO UNIKIYO TO… (ft. Andres Alas)

Feb 1st, 2021 1h 2m

It’s frustrating to know that there are abusers in the dance community who will be confronted about the abuse they inflict on others and instead of doing anything to heal, they would rather cover up and pretend it didn’t happen. Cierra speaks w

RECLAIMING HER VOICE

Jan 25th, 2021 56m 18s

Refer to Episode 8: "CALLING IN COLLEGIATE TEAMS" for the first story on this abuser.This anonymous guest details 909 Dance Troupe's extensive history of mental, physical, emotional, cultural, financial, and sexual abuse from 2

TW: HYPER-MANIPULATION

Jan 18th, 2021 1h 13m

Trigger Warning: Underage grooming.It’s experiences like this one that force you to be more aware and thanks to this anonymous guest coming forward to share their experience, we now have a little more insight on how young minds

THE 6 TYPES OF ABUSE (ft. Sarah Dharshi)

Jan 4th, 2021 1h 20m

What is a social justice advocate/warrior? How do we dismantle the ego so we can implement real change? How can we be better through our actions on social media? This is a great educational episode as Cierra and Sarah have an open conversation

TW: CALLING IN COLLEGIATE TEAMS

Dec 28th, 2020 50m 18s

Trigger Warning: RAPE Our guest (who would like to remain anonymous) was 17/18 years old and being preyed upon by much older members/alumni of this collegiate team. These predators who use the their status and connection to the team to find ne

PLANTED NOT BURIED (ft. Chris Gayle)

Dec 21st, 2020 1h 3m

Trigger warning: sexual assault - sexual abuse.It doesn’t just “take two”. Chris Gayle opens up to Cierra, Jesse, and Lexi with more details on her unfortunate encounters with the director of AOV. This episode will have you tense, tight, and u

SILENCE IN CANADA (ft. Jaybee)

Dec 16th, 2020 1h 33m

Cierra talks to Jaybee Bagunu, Jesse and Lexi on Jaybee’s experience in the dance community in Vancouver, Canada. This can be looked at as a continuation of our last episode with Anna. Jaybee dives into covert narcissism and the hidden agenda b

SILENCE IN CANADA (ft. Jaybee)

Dec 16th, 2020 1h 33m

TW: RAPE IS NOT A PRETTY WORD (ft. Anna & Lexi)

Dec 16th, 2020 1h 15m

Trigger Warning: RAPE & SUICIDECierra and Lexi open the platform to Anna from Vancouver Canada to discuss her experiences and rape within the dance community. Acknowledging human flaws but also not tolerating excuses.. accountability is esse

MICHELLE PAYNE? (ft. Jesse)

Dec 7th, 2020 43m 47s

Cierra Lauren and Jesse Fields break down the mysterious Michelle Payne Instagram profile that has been targeting SYTW and JoJo Gomez and 'defending' TDC. They define projection and what that looks like in the dance industry.If you are a survi

TEMECULA (ft. Jojo Gomez)

Nov 30th, 2020 48m 30s

Cierra Lauren and Jojo Gomez recount the first protest against abuse within the dance industry in Temecula, CA. They talk about their experience from beginning to end and give us a perspective on what it's like to be on the right side of the da

THE AFTERMATH OF AOV (ft. Jesse & Lexi)

Nov 23rd, 2020 1h

Cierra Lauren speaks with Jesse Fields and Lexi Bustos about the aftermath of being on Academy of Villains and how deeply their trauma had affected them. For part one of their conversation, please visit "Out of the Dark, Into the Light".If you

OUT OF THE DARK, INTO THE LIGHT (ft. Jesse & Lexi)

Nov 16th, 2020 1h 12m

Cierra Lauren discusses with Jesse Fields and Lexi Bustos their personal experiences being a part of Academy of Villains. This is an open dialogue of how their journey went from hopeful to broken on the team, and how they've begun to see the li