Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast

A Chat with Current College Dance Majors

Impact Dance Adjudicators Season 5 Episode 189

Guests - Joshua Dawson, Mary Hondal and Laci Justice

Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor

In Episode 189 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, we hear straight from dancers in three college dance programs - Pace University, University of Alabama, and Point Park University - about what life is like as a dance major! 

Topics Include:

  •  How each program is structured
  •  What each dancer wishes they knew before entering their program
  •  How their competitive dance career prepared them for college dance
  •  Best advice for upcoming college dance majors



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