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S6E12: Pre-Professional Conversations Series, “Gotta Go Pro”
Episode 43

S6E12: Pre-Professional Conversations Series, “Gotta Go Pro”

Kinetic Conversations with the Fort Wayne Ballet · Jim Sparrow, John Dawkins

July 20, 202421m 18s

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Show Notes

Welcome to the Kinetic Conversations series on pre-professional dance programs, featuring the Fort Wayne Ballet Summer Intensive program. Over three episodes, Artistic Director Karen Gibbons-Brown sits down with professional dancers Talbot Rue, Jessica Humphrey, and Abby Zinsser, and graduating pre-professional GiGi McDowell to discuss this all-important phase in a young dancer’s training.

In this episode, the group discusses Fort Wayne Ballet’s Pre-Pro training curriculum and its importance in introducing young dancers to the larger world of professional ballet.

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balletdanceFort Wayne BalletchoreographychoreographerGerald ArpinoJoffery BalletAmerican Ballet TheatreNutcrackerSwan Lake