Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast

Celebrating 200 Episodes Live in NYC with IDA Judges! ๐ŸŽ‰

โ€ข Impact Dance Adjudicators โ€ข Season 6 โ€ข Episode 200

Guests - Tommy Scrivens, Jacqueline Baligian, Brionna Trilling, Michelle Tolson, Ashley Peter

Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor


In Episode 200 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, we are joined by some incredible IDA judges and dance educators to answer listener-submitted questions, and celebrate 200 episodes of our show live in person in New York City!


Topics Include:

  •  How to handle jealousy at the studio
  •  What it takes to become a judge
  •  Tips for how to better portray different emotions in dance



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  • Courtney Ortiz - @courtney.ortiz
  • Lesley Mealor - @miss.lesley.dance
  • Tommy Scrivens - @tommytoes7
  • Brionna Trilling - @brietrills
  • Jacqueline Baligian - @jacksbquik
  • Michelle Tolson - @michelletolson
  • Ashley Peter - @ashleypeternyc


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