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Welcome to Swans & Co., a podcast where we chat with dancers from all over the world about ballet, our lives as dancers (and regular young people), our struggles and dreams and anything interesting! I’m Clara and I’m a student at the Dutch National Ballet Academy. So grab a cup of tea (coffee and wine are also perfectly acceptable) and a warm blanket and start listening! enjoy xxx

Clara Strassel


    • Sep 14, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 48m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    Inès McIntosh pt.2 (Opéra): une artiste en devenir…

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 36:57


    Bonjour à tou.te.s! Voilà, la partie deux est enfin là (avec un peu de retard - désolée^^) - toujours avec Inès McIntosh, coryphée au Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris! Aujourd'hui on parle de la transition d'élève à danseuse professionnelle, du paradoxe ambition/hiérarchie et Inès nous livre ses petits secrets de danseuse pour prendre soin de son corps. Je vous souhaite une bonne écoute

    Inès McIntosh pt.1 (Opéra de Paris): entre rêves et résilience

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 45:03


    Bonjour à tou.te.s! On se retrouve aujourd'hui pour un épisode avec Inès McIntosh, (très!) jeune coryphée au Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris. Entre rêves et résilience, nous nous penchons aujourd'hui sur le parcours moins lisse qu'il n'y paraît d'une jeune femme pleine d'ambition. L'histoire d'Inès vous donnera, j'en suis sure, la motivation d'aller toujours plus loin et de croire en vos capacités. Bonne écoute! xxx

    Noemi Boisnon ep.2 (FNByc): studying ballet in Zurich, auditions in covid time and professional life

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 37:24


    Hi guys! This week's episode is part 2 of my conversation with Noemi Boisnon, dancer at the Finnish National Ballet (Youth Company). We talk about her experience at the Tanz Akademie Zürich and she will share what it takes to dance at such an elite ballet school. Noemi will also explain how it was to audition during covid time, and give us tips along the way. And finally, we will touch on her experience at a new company member, and how the transition has been so far. To find her on IG: @zoe.boi enjoy xxx

    Noemi Boisnon ep.1 (FNB Youth Co): starting late, scoliosis and getting out of your ballet bubble

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 49:22


    hey! back at it again after some much-needed holidays xx and we're back with the AMAZING (I mean it!!) Noemi Boisnon who is not only an amazing friend of mine, but also a crazy talented dancer and a polyglot (EN/FR/DE/IT and the list goes on…). in today's episode, which is the first part of our conversation, we'll talk about how she started ballet at 13 and got into a professional ballet school just two years after having been introduced to dancing! We'll talk about the physical issues she encountered and how she learned to work with her body. And we'll also discuss how it is to grow up in a ballet family, and how Noemi maintains a good work life balance. have fun folks xxx

    Grégoire Duchevet ep.2 (Zurich Ballet): gérer l'échec, danser à l'étranger et se trouver

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2021 59:36


    bonjour à tou.te.s!! épisode 2 de ma conversation avec Grégoire Duchevet, danseur français au Zurich Junior Ballet

    Grégoire Duchevet pt.1 (Zurich): être élève à l'Opéra, grandir à l'internat, et oser être soi-même

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2021 67:03


    hello tout le monde! bienvenue sur le 1er épisode en français, avec le 1er invité masculin du podcast… Grégoire Duchevet (@gregoireduchevet), ancien élève de l'École de Danse de l'opéra, de la Dutch National Ballet Academy et aujourd'hui danseur au Junior Ballet de la compagnie de Zurich! dans cette première, on va parler de comment il a vécu le fait d'être un garçon danseur classique, ainsi que de son expérience à l'école de danse de l'opéra de Paris (notamment comment il a auditionné, l'internat, la méthode d'enseignement…). Et puis en fin d'épisode, on parlera du travail qu'il a fait pour construire sa confiance en soi. Enfin bref, j'espère que ça va vous plaire et venez écouter la deuxième partie

    Mia Petrovic pt.2 (Hamburg Ballett): perfectionism, body image and being new at a company

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 46:51


    hi everyone! This is part two of my conversation with Mia Petrovic, dancer at the Hamburg Ballet

    Mia Petrovic pt.1 (Hamburg Ballett): from Serbia to Hamburg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 50:18


    hi everyone! episode 6 is featuring a very exciting guest - Mia Petrovic, dancer at the Hamburg Ballett! you might know her from instagram @itsmiachka where she posts beautiful pictures and videos

    Eireen Evrard (pt2) - how to be a good corps de ballet member + company life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 80:04


    hi guys! this is part 2 of my conversation with Eireen (@eireenevrard on IG, go follow her!). In this episode, we talk about company life and Eireen gives us her top tips on how to be a good corps member! we also talk about being an artist, and what it means to us

    Eireen Evrard (ENB) - coming from “nowhere” and working your way up

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 72:25


    hey! this is episode four (and not five) and today i'm in conversation with my lovely ballet big sis Eireen Evrard, dancer at the English National Ballet. this is a long episode so there will be a part two. this episode is an honest chat about dancing professionally, her success story, the good and bad sides of training at a french ballet school… and mostly we have fun and laugh a lot! So join us on this fun episode and enjoy xxx (and follow her on IG @eireenevrard)

    Katia Battaggia (2): the athlete mindset, finding inspiration and developing artistry

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 34:55


    aaaand we're back with part 2! in this episode Katia and I chat about the importance of working on mental skills as dancers, the importance of having a well-rounded culture to develop artistry and where we find daily dance inspo. oh and here are the links Katia talks about during the episode, check em out!: https://youtu.be/oYhxrZT67Wo https://youtu.be/xiL8xcATWbY

    Katia Battaggia (JCS) ~ following your heart and being resilient

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 56:28


    hello everyone! we're back with episode two: in conversation with Katia Battaggia (part 1)

    my story + finding your place

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 35:24


    first episode!! couldn't be more excited

    trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2021 1:22


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