55 min
The Power of Passion with Matthew Donnell Kick Ball Change Podcast
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- Arts
Join this creative and talented dance educator/leading professional in the ballet world as he takes us through his Kick Ball Change moments in life. Dive into how they became a foundation for his training, his family, career, and professional journey, which most recently receiving approval by the Balanchine Trust to perform the full “Who Cares?” for the Cary Ballet Conservatory.
From early Kick Ball Change moments of having to use a padlock on his school bag, to having a universal chance to audition for a company director he denied previously. Donnell talks openly about how ego can be a catalyst for young dancers, and as he takes you through his journey of how he let go of his ego of the TOP 5 dance companies to be in, and how that opened the doors to principle dancer, securing contracts for companies dancers in the future and becoming a leading educator with the prestige Cary Ballet Conservatory. His involved work onstage has carried him through the supportive training he offers, as well as his engagement with the ORZA ballet shoe which is using corrective technology to keeps ballet dancers healthy. https://orzabrand.com/collections/orza-pro-one
Check out the Cary Ballet Conservatory, in North Carolina which has an amazing Spring 24 line up: Jill Bahr’s “Alice in Wonderland” and George Balanchine’s “Who Cares?” May 4th in Raleigh, NC.
https://www.caryballetcompany.org/season-tickets-spring-works/
https://www.caryballet.com/about-us
Join this creative and talented dance educator/leading professional in the ballet world as he takes us through his Kick Ball Change moments in life. Dive into how they became a foundation for his training, his family, career, and professional journey, which most recently receiving approval by the Balanchine Trust to perform the full “Who Cares?” for the Cary Ballet Conservatory.
From early Kick Ball Change moments of having to use a padlock on his school bag, to having a universal chance to audition for a company director he denied previously. Donnell talks openly about how ego can be a catalyst for young dancers, and as he takes you through his journey of how he let go of his ego of the TOP 5 dance companies to be in, and how that opened the doors to principle dancer, securing contracts for companies dancers in the future and becoming a leading educator with the prestige Cary Ballet Conservatory. His involved work onstage has carried him through the supportive training he offers, as well as his engagement with the ORZA ballet shoe which is using corrective technology to keeps ballet dancers healthy. https://orzabrand.com/collections/orza-pro-one
Check out the Cary Ballet Conservatory, in North Carolina which has an amazing Spring 24 line up: Jill Bahr’s “Alice in Wonderland” and George Balanchine’s “Who Cares?” May 4th in Raleigh, NC.
https://www.caryballetcompany.org/season-tickets-spring-works/
https://www.caryballet.com/about-us
55 min