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Larkspur Dance & Choreography Podcast

Larkspur Dance & Choreography Podcast

Written by: Melanie Dailey
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 Discussion of all things dance team, featuring interviews with experts in the field.©2018 Larkspur Dance & Choreography, LLC Art Entertainment & Performing Arts
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  • A Chat With National Champion Coach of Blinn College Dance Sarah Flisowski – LDCPS4E24

    A Chat With National Champion Coach of Blinn College Dance Sarah Flisowski – LDCPS4E24
    Oct 18 2022
    It's the finale episode of Season 4!  It's going to be a bare bones episode again with no intro and no outro.  My voice recovered from strep, only to lose it again by teaching a clinic to forty-five Kindergarteners through 3rd graders.  I'm sure you all can relate.   It's a good thing that our guest on the podcast today holds enough sparkle that she doesn't need a flowery intro and outro!  I'm so excited to be chatting with Sarah Flisowski of Blinn College! The Blinn College dance team has won numerous American Dance and Drill Team collegiate championships, has won eight national titles at the National Dance Alliance (NDA) College Nationals and six national tiles at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) College Nationals. In 2019, Blinn’s dance team made history by claiming national titles in Dance Team Performance Open and Pom Division II. Barland Flisowski is a former member of the Blinn dance team and a graduate of Southwest Texas State University – now Texas State University – in San Marcos, Texas, with a degree in exercise sports science and minor in political science. She was also a member of the dance company Orchesis. She also earned her master’s in physical education and health from Prairie View A&M University. Barland Flisowski started her teaching career at Mesquite ISD, where she taught for two years at Berry Middle school. She went on to Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD to become the director of the award-winning RL Turner Lionettes and dance department head. She was the director of the Lionettes for seven years before returning to Blinn as the head coach of the Blinn College dance and cheer teams. Barland Flisowski also is a 20-year staff member with American Dance and Drill Team School, where she has been the Novelty Staff Captain and Social Officer Coordinator.  Sarah has traveled to Florida as a member of ESP Productions, the halftime production company of the Citrus Bowl for over 10 years. She has been a speaker at Drill Team Directors of America and assisted with speaking at Texas Dance Educators Association. Sarah is a member of NDCA, National Dance Coaches Association where she is a Executive Board member, College Division Representative and on the Small College Committee. She has done choreography for high schools all around Texas and beyond and loves working with all dancers and helping them find their place in college dance. Many thanks to all our loyal listeners and guests for making Season 4 of the Larkspur podcast a huge success!  Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any ideas for the podcast or just want to say hi!  You can reach me at melanie@larkspurdance.com.   Connect with Blinn College Dance: https://www.facebook.com/blinndance https://www.instagram.com/blinndance/ https://www.buccaneersports.com/sports/dance/index Connect with Larkspur: Website: https://www.larkspurdance.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larkspurdance/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LarkspurDance/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LarkspurMelanie
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • A Chat With Former NBA & NFL Choreographer/Director Ashley Deaton – LDCPS4E23

    A Chat With Former NBA & NFL Choreographer/Director Ashley Deaton – LDCPS4E23
    Oct 11 2022
    Ashley Deaton graduated from LSU where she was a member of their national championship winning team.  She then danced for the New Orleans Pelicans (formerly the Hornets) and became their choreographer and director.  She led that team during Hurricane Katrina, relocating to Oklahoma City.  She then went on to add Senior Director of Entertainment Teams for the New Orleans Saints to her resumé.  As their leader, she made it her own mission to develop poised, healthy and well-rounded individuals off stage, so they could use their experience to achieve success in their personal and professional lives as well.  Like so many of us, Ashley utilized the pandemic to get back in touch with what was really important to her.  She wanted to take her coaching skills to a more meaningful place as a Mindset and Wellness Coach.  She calls her company Soul Werk.  She offers transformational individual and group coaching and also dance classes!  I absolutely loved talking to her and got so many ideas from her insight and advice!   Loyal listeners will notice that this is a bare bones episode with no intro and no outro.  That's due to the fact that I have a killer case of strep throat and have no voice.  I hope to be back to talking in time for next week's episode!   Connect with Ashley: https://www.soulwerkcoaching.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ashdeats_soulwerk/ Connect with Larkspur: Website: https://www.larkspurdance.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larkspurdance/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LarkspurDance/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LarkspurMelanie   Connect with the Tiers System: It’s an app that tracks dancers’ progress through your team’s skill progressions so you and your dancers can transparently see where they are in their skill development and what they need to do to move to the next level (for Tier.)   For more info: https://www.thetierssystem.com https://www.instagram.com/thetierssystem/ https://www.facebook.com/thetierssystem https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-tiers-system/
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    57 mins
  • A Chat With National Champion Coach of St. Ambrose University Danelle Langeneckert – LDCPS4E22

    A Chat With National Champion Coach of St. Ambrose University Danelle Langeneckert – LDCPS4E22
    Oct 3 2022
    Danelle Langeneckert was introduced as the St. Ambrose University dance coach on March 12, 2010. She became the school's Spirit Coach, in charge of both the dance and cheer programs, on May 10, 2017. Langeneckert, a three-time NAIA National Competitive Dance Coach of the Year, has led the SAU Dance Team to national acclaim by winning two NAIA Competitive Dance National Championships, the first coming in 2018 and the second in 2021. Those came on the heels of claiming back-to-back NAIA Dance National Invitational Championships in 2015 and 2016. The 2012 team won a National Championship at the NDA Collegiate Dance Championships in the NAIA Large Dance category after winning state and regional titles. Since 2011-12, she has coached 32 St. Ambrose dance All-Americans and had 27 others earn All-American honorable mention. Langeneckert has years of experience as a dance performer, instructor and coach and is familiar with the SAU dance program, having served as the assistant coach from 2004-06. She has choreographed award-winning routines at the high school and collegiate levels. A member and captain of the Knight Kompany Dancers at Davenport Assumption High School, Langeneckert was the president and co-founder of the nationally-ranked Florida State University Seminole Dance Force Competition Team from 2001-03. She graduated with a degree in business marketing from Florida State in 2004 before earning her Master's of Business Administration from St. Ambrose in 2006. Langeneckert started her dance instruction career with the Davenport Park Board Dance Program from 1997-99 and instructed at Kim's School of Dance in Moline, Ill., from 1998-00. She also spent three years at the Universal Dance Association in Memphis, Tenn., the last as the head instructor for Midwest high school dance camps. In 2003-04, Langeneckert served as a summer staff instructor for Knights Elite, a junior and senior high pom squad. From the summer of 2004 through the spring of 2009, Langeneckert was the head varsity dance coach at Assumption High School. During that time, she led the team to 13 first-place team state titles and one individual state title and her 2006 squad placed 13th out of 71 teams at the UDA National Championships in Orlando, Fla. Link to the fitness program utilized by St. Ambrose: https://tv.sspfit.com/ Connect with Larkspur: Website: https://www.larkspurdance.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larkspurdance/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LarkspurDance/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LarkspurMelanie   Connect with the Tiers System: It’s an app that tracks dancers’ progress through your team’s skill progressions so you and your dancers can transparently see where they are in their skill development and what they need to do to move to the next level (for Tier.)   For more info: https://www.thetierssystem.com https://www.instagram.com/thetierssystem/ https://www.facebook.com/thetierssystem https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-tiers-system/
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    1 hr and 5 mins
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