The Two Two Guys podcast will take you deep into the world of ballet through the lens of professional ballet dancers.
Each week, Kealan will interview a fellow dancer and bring you a relaxed yet informative discussion, and a coveted peek into this often secretive art form.
They will explore difficult topics, tell light-hearted stories, and sometimes get derailed and forget what they started talking about in the first place.
If you're a dance professional, student, hobbyist, or simply interested in the behind-the-scenes of the world of ballet, this podcast is for you.
Kealan has danced around the world, most recently as a principal dancer with the Estonian National Ballet.
You can find us on Instagram, and Facebook @twotwoguys.
Contact us at twotwoguyspod@gmail.com.
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The Two Two Guys podcast will take you deep into the world of ballet through the lens of professional ballet dancers.
Each week, Kealan will interview a fellow dancer and bring you a relaxed yet informative discussion, and a coveted peek into this often secretive art form.
They will explore difficult topics, tell light-hearted stories, and sometimes get derailed and forget what they started talking about in the first place.
If you're a dance professional, student, hobbyist, or simply interested in the behind-the-scenes of the world of ballet, this podcast is for you.
Kealan has danced around the world, most recently as a principal dancer with the Estonian National Ballet.
You can find us on Instagram, and Facebook @twotwoguys.
Contact us at twotwoguyspod@gmail.com.
This week our guest is Joan Jeffri, Director and Creator of the Research Center for Arts and Culture at The Actors Fund in New York City, and former director of the Graduate Program in Arts Administration at Columbia University. Having spent decades teaching arts management, spearheading institutions, and conducting research into the later stage of artists' careers, she brings an unparalleled level of expertise, illustrated in her co-authorship of the 2004 research project "Life After Dance: Career Transition of Professional Dancers." (linked below)
Over the course of the episode, Joan and Kealan dive deep into the challenges - both internal and external - a dancer may face as they contemplate and embark on a career change. The reality of this inevitable transition is something most dancers don't consider until late in their careers, and often only when their careers have come to an abrupt end. With Covid-19 increasing the level of job insecurity across the dance world, finding the courage and developing the tools to prepare for one's next steps has never been more important.
There are dancer transition centres around the world that are there to help.
Canada - Dancer Transition Resource Centre
www.dtrc.ca
United States - The Actor's Fund-Career Transition for Dancers
https://actorsfund.org/services-and-programs/career-transition-dancers
Australia - AusDance
https://ausdance.org.au/
UK - Dancer's Career Development
https://thedcd.org.uk/
France - Centre National de la Danse
https://www.cnd.fr/fr/
Germany - Stiftung Tanz
https://stiftung-tanz.com/
Czech Republic - Dance Career Endowment Fund
http://tanecnikariera.cz/
Poland - The Institute of Music and Dance
https://www.imit.org.pl/
Netherlands - Omscholing Dansers Nederland
https://www.omscholingdansers.nl/
Korea - Dancers' Career Development Centre
http://www.dcdcenter.or.kr/
Switzerland - Danse Transition (fr, en)
https://www.danse-transition.ch/
The Transition Centre SSUDK (de, it, en)
https://ssudk.ch/en/home-en/
Multinational - International Organization for the Transition of Professional Dancers
http://www.iotpd.org/
2004 Research Project (mobile only):
https://neumann.hec.ca/aimac2005/PDF_Text/JeffriJ_ThrosbyD.pdf
Reach the show at twotwoguyspod@gmail.com
or on Instagram @twotwoguys
Two Two Guys
The Two Two Guys podcast will take you deep into the world of ballet through the lens of professional ballet dancers.
Each week, Kealan will interview a fellow dancer and bring you a relaxed yet informative discussion, and a coveted peek into this often secretive art form.
They will explore difficult topics, tell light-hearted stories, and sometimes get derailed and forget what they started talking about in the first place.
If you're a dance professional, student, hobbyist, or simply interested in the behind-the-scenes of the world of ballet, this podcast is for you.
Kealan has danced around the world, most recently as a principal dancer with the Estonian National Ballet.
You can find us on Instagram, and Facebook @twotwoguys.
Contact us at twotwoguyspod@gmail.com.
