TED 12 | Pro-Empowerment & Anti-Harassment are Here to Stay with Lea Avrany

The Empowered Dancers Podcast

Tune in for interviews with inspiring individuals who share their stories, experiences, and perspectives on and off the dance floor. Ready to boost your confidence on the social dance floor?
In this episode, Lea Avrany and Bobbie Miles share their thoughts on the shared responsibility of the community to look after each other and speak up to inappropriate behaviour and bad intentions.. Lea has developed her role as an Anti-Harassment point of contact at the Bachata Geneva Festival and announces an exciting new step for her in her journey to empower others to keep each other safer on the dance floor.

What to expect in this episode:
(00:00:00) - A Dance Enthusiast from Lausanne
(00:02:11) - Exploring Salsa and Latin Rhythms
(00:03:42) - Empowering Women through Dance
(00:04:37) - Navigating Challenges in the Dance Community
(00:12:16) - Creating a Safe and Inclusive Dance Environment
(00:14:40) - Joining the Festival of Nations
About Lea
Lea is a bachata and salsa dancer based in Switzerland. She has been dancing throughout her life and is a wonderful voice in the bachata scene, championing safer spaces and promoting active engagement from the dance community to
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About Bobbie Miles
Bobbie Miles is a social dancer based in Bristol. The salsa, bachata, and kizomba scene is special to so many, Bobbie included. The more she danced however, the more she became aware of inappropriate behaviours in the scene, ranging from low-level “creepiness” to undeniable abuses of power. Bobbie realised that she will no longer keep quiet, be subjected to any sort of misconduct, and nor should anyone else. She is an advocate for speaking up, boundary setting, and respect in the dance scene. Through The Empowered Dancers Podcast, she promotes transparency, understanding, and accountability and as a public speaker, she talks about putting boundary setting and respect into practice, both on and off the dance floor.
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