My guest today who was born into a family of dancers in the former Soviet Union. His career path seemed decided when he started his training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. But the world around him changed dramatically and so did his goals for his career path. He won a full scholarship at The Juilliard School and joined the American Ballet Theatre i…

Today, I have the pleasure to introduce a performer who was born into a family of circus artists. She was born in Mongolia, and soon moved to Brazil together with her parents. Travelling up and down the country with a traditional circus, she started training and eventually performing alongside with her family. When she graduated from high school, h…

From the busy streets of Tokio where she started her Ballet training, she moved to New York City to attend the Juilliard School. She went on to work for Twyla Tharp, Billy T Jones and French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj and always found time to pursue her own projects as well. Today she lives in a small beach town in Brazil, where I had a chance…

Our guest today was trained as a classical ballet dancer up to the age of 19. Born in Uruguay he moved to Vienna, Austria with his parents as a young child. Encouraged by his father, he took up classical dance training at the Vienna State Opera ballet school. Fully immersed into the prospect of becoming a professional stage artist, it slowly dawned…

From a local ballet company in her hometown El Paso, Texas, to the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm. Her start into the professional world of dance was rather unpredictable but successful. At school she enjoyed English literature and languages. And with her adventures spirit, she took a leave of absence to work at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in …

Our guest today was born in a mining town in the North of Canada. He started his dance career rather late - but that didn’t stop him from going far. He worked as a soloist for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, as an actor and dance captain at the Stratford Festival, and as Associate Artistic Director for the Phantom of the Opera. For the Cirque du Soleil …

She joined the Tokyo Ballet in 1987 and became first soloist the year after. She moved to Europe - where she worked for the Deutsche Oper Berlin, The Peter Schaufuss Company and the Hannover Ballet. She continued her career offstage as a rehearsal assistant and as an Assistant to the Ballet Director for the Peter Schaufuss Ballet, the K-Ballet Comp…

Today’s guest started ballet in her hometown of Berlin. It wasn’t so much her love for dance that opened that door but rather the recommendation of her paediatrician. She worked at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, which eventually merged into the Staatsballett Berlin. Conscience about her professional evolution she went back to University to study cultura…

Our guest today was born and grew up in Italy. When she was 13 she left home, to continue her ballet training in France, determined to become a professional ballet dancer. She got her first contact with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and later moved to London to work with the English National Ballet as a soloist for nearly 15 years. Today she holds a P…

Our guest today was born and grew up in France. While at school, he was not passionate about competitive sports but he still had the desire to work out his body. Ballet classes seemed a better match for what he was looking for. Eventually, dance enabled him to travel the world and launch a dancewear brand that is present in over 60 countries around…

Our guest today was born Frankfurt where she began her ballet-training. She was further trained in Munich at the Heinz Bosl Stiftung and the dance academy in Mannheim. For over 20 years she worked as a dancer at the Staatsoper and the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, for Introdanse in Arnheim and for the Scapino Ballet in Rotterdam. Since 2012 she has been…

Today’s guest grew up in the UK and attended the Royal Ballet School in London. He went on to work for big dance companies in 5 countries across 3 continents. As he put it himself: he has recently retired from dance institutions, after having been a performer for 26 years. Today, he is pursuing his own projects - and works as a choreographer and mo…

Our guest today was born and grew up in Ipswich England. He started his dance training at the local ballet school in his hometown. Eventually he moved to London for his ballet education and then to Berlin to pursue a professional dance career at the Deutsche Oper and the Staatsballet Berlin. Today he lives and works with his wife and two children i…

Our guest was born in Sweden, but she also grew up in Mexico, the US, in Spain and the United Kingdom. She started ballet when she was a small girl and finished her training at the Royal Ballet School in Stockholm before working for companies in France and Germany. Today she lives in Marseille and works as an actress. She has started directing and …

Born in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, our guest started dancing since early childhood and began his professional dance training at China People’s Liberation Army Arts Institute (PLAI) Dance Academy from 1988. He graduated from PLAI with distinction and became a lead dancer at No. 2 Artillery Art Troupe of China People’s Liberation Army. He was c…

Hello and welcome to the MITY - (ME IN TEN YEARS) Podcast! This podcast features a series of interviews conducted with former professional dancers who share their experiences about their career transition. For more information please visit us at www.meintenyears.com a platform where you can find more resources and workshops about career development…