dance coach

This week we're chatting with Shelli Vaughan, the longtime and extremely successful dance team coach at Notre Dame de Sion High School here in the Kansas City area.

Now, why are we talking with a high school dance coach on a podcast that mainly features business leaders and talks about leadership and mentoring?

Well, as you may know, since 2017 we’ve had a program in partnership with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City and the Kansas City Royals called Coaches with Character. Each year we recognize six coaches who are making Kansas City a better place.

This year we are featuring the coaches on this podcast because who knows better about leadership, building teams, team chemistry and so on than successful high school coaches?

Shelli Vaughan was not only the coach of the dance team, which won numerous state championships, but she also helped start the program….when she was just a junior in high school.

Since she took over as head coach in 2000, her teams won 15 Missouri state championships, including an incredible streak of 11 in a row. In 2020, Vaughan was selected as a “Coach of the Year” nominee by the National Dance Team Coaches Association. 

In this chat, we talk about that coaching career, leadership highs and lows, building a team, and much more.

LINKS:

Here's the article about Shelli Vaughan as the August Blue KC Coaches with Character honoree.

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Lucy Ellis grew up in a musical theatre loving household in Adelaide. She started her dance training at 7 years of age. 

After years of training Lucy then fell in love with coaching and teaching. This led her to begin Lucy Ellis Dance Coaching. She now travels all over the world training students in dance technique and performance. 

Lucy is the co-owner of the dance technique syllabus, International Dance Technique, which has recently launched and is already used by over 100 studios worldwide. 

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Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Carol Lloyd, University of Memphis Spirit Coordinator and Head Dance Coach for Memphis Pom, who shares some of her personal story of transitioning from a student athlete who was part of the national title-winning dynasty under Cheri Ganong-Robinson to now the head coach who is continuing the legacy of winning national titles and helping to prepare student athletes for success in life and career. The University of Memphis Pom Squad holds 15 national titles, including 9 consecutive titles from 1986-1994. During the interview, Carol provides an overview of the program, talks about some of the ways her coaching style is similar and different to that of her predecessor and mentor, how the pandemic has impacted the student athletes, how the program empowers and helps prepare the students for success, how community engagement is a top priority and much more. 

• History of MPDT (MPDT stands for Memphis Pom Dream Team)
• The dynasty (when it started and who coached, how the team set the bar for college dance teams when competitions started)
• Carol's background going from athlete to coach
• How it came to be a sport / the evolution of the sport
• Female athletes
• Scholarships
• What it takes to be on this team
• Impact on the University and the community
• The empowered women that have come through the program
• How this program prepares them for their future as leaders

Visit https://gotigersgo.com/sports/spirit to learn more or @memphispom to follow on social media.

Breaking the Wall Podcast is 1 year old! Thank you to everyone who has joined me for any part of this wild ride.

As dancers, we only have so much time and energy in a day. We want to take class, go to rehearsal, post on IG, write grants, meal prep, connect with our loved one, and it can be completely exhausting.

In this episode, Brandon gives his tips on how to create a more sustainable schedule and focus in on your priorities. He talks about when he has the most energy in his day and when it's important to just let things go undone.

Interested in working with Brandon?  SIGN-UP for a FREE Coaching Consultation HERE
Brandon helps pre-professional dancers find their voice as they navigate their careers and helps them stay accountable  when pursuing their goals.

Through coaching, Brandon helps dancers define whats important for them and redefine what a successful life/career looks like.

Learn more here: http://www.brandoncolemandance.com/career-coaching

Connect with Brandon!
Instagram: @itsBrandonColeman | @BreakingTheWallPodcast
Website: www.BrandonColemanDance.com/BTWP

Interested in working with Brandon? He works with pre-professional and early career artist to help them book and build fulfilling work. You can learn more about his coaching HERE

Connect with Brandon!
Join his Email List: HERE

Instagram: @itsBrandonColeman | @BreakingTheWallPodcast
Website: www.BrandonColemanDance.com/BTWP

Claudia Dean is a former dancer of The Royal Ballet. She trained at The Royal Ballet School and graduated into the Royal Ballet Company in 2010, as one of only 6 Australian dancers to achieve this honour. During her time with the Royal Ballet she performed in a number of productions. Claudia made her Principal role debut with the Royal Ballet Company in 2013.
 After 4 years she decided it was time to head home to Australia and she retired from professional dancing.
 Claudia, however still had a passion and love for the art and so launched
 her private ballet coaching business in January 2015.
 Claudia is well renowned for her private ballet coaching & worldwide ‘Class with Claudia’ Intensive Tours. She also created her luxury dancewear brand, Collections by Claudia, in 2017.
 Claudia has also launched an online coaching platform for dancers called Coach Me where there are over 150 skill changing KEY exercises, to transform your technique, strength, flexibility and confidence. 
Coach Me: https://coachme.world/
Claudia Dean World: https://claudiadeanworld.com/

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I'm not a big resolutions person BUT I think it's important to have big dreams and take important action towards those dreams. Every pre-pro and professional dancer has a variety of ways to get to where they want to be but if we do what everyone else is doing, how are we going to get to the place  we want to be specifically?

In this episode, Brandon outlines three major action steps that dancers can take right now and why they are game changers.

1) Invest in your education
2) Be proactive instead of reactive
3) Think big, and work small

By doing these three things, dancers will find that their dreams are not only achievable but can happen sooner than they might think.

Interested in working with Brandon?  SIGN-UP for a FREE Coaching Consultation HERE
Brandon helps pre-professional dancers find their voice as they navigate their careers and helps them stay accountable  when pursuing their goals.

Through coaching, Brandon helps dancers define whats important for them and redefine what a successful life/career looks like.

Learn more here: http://www.brandoncolemandance.com/career-coaching

Connect with Brandon!
Instagram: @itsBrandonColeman | @BreakingTheWallPodcast
Website: www.BrandonColemanDance.com/BTWP

Interested in working with Brandon? He works with pre-professional and early career artist to help them book and build fulfilling work. You can learn more about his coaching HERE

Connect with Brandon!
Join his Email List: HERE

Instagram: @itsBrandonColeman | @BreakingTheWallPodcast
Website: www.BrandonColemanDance.com/BTWP

Dr. Lisa Ellis holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (Hons) and is currently working as a doctor in Melbourne, Australia. She has over 15 years of experience as a dance coach with expertise in jazz technique, classical ballet and ballet conditioning. She holds her Certificate IV in Dance Teaching and Management and an Associate Diploma in Cecchetti Ballet. She also holds her Advanced II Cecchetti Ballet Certificate, attained with Honours. As well as running her DANCE PRESCRIPTION program based in Melbourne, Australia, Dr. Lisa tours nationally and internationally with her Just What The Doctor Ordered Workshops. In this episode we chat all about strength and flexibility training as well as how to improve your kicks, leaps and turns.  Dr Lisa provides us with a lot of tips to help get the most out of your dance training.