STEEZY Podcast

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Exploring the dancer experience through the unique lens of world-renowned choreographers, freestylers, and cultural pioneers. In the STEEZY Podcast, your host Clay Boonthanakit talks with the top dancers to demystify what it takes to be a dance professional or hobbyist, and help you become the dancer you've always wanted to be... through compelling stories, in-depth interviews, and lots of laughs 😌🕺 STEEZY Studio is the #1 dance app, with thousands of online dance classes taught by the world’s top instructors. Sign up now for a 7-Day free trial here → https://steezy.co/podcastgeneral Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steezypodcast/support

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Tobias Ellehammer: From Circus Performer to International Dance Instructor

Aug 17 2023 48 mins

Tobias Ellehammer gives us insight into what it's like training as a theater performer/dancer in Denmark, his teaching ideology, owning his shyness and nerdiness, and what it's like collaborating on creative with musical artists! Learn dance from Tobias on STEEZY Studio 👉 https://steezy.co/podcastgeneral --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh

#13 - The Future Kingz: Underdogs Who Conquered The Dance & Music Industry

Nov 28 2022 85 mins

The Future Kingz is a multifaceted dance crew, music group, and community culture shifter. The crew has been featured on America’s Got Talent Season 13, The Ellen Show, Bears vs Rams halftime show, danced with artists like Chance The Rapper, Billie Eilish, DaBaby, and many more. In this episode, we learn about how the leaders, Zaya Sosho & Renzell Roque, have broken music and

#12 - Jaja Vaňková: Legendary Dancer from a Town with No Dance Knowledge

Nov 14 2022 57 mins

Jaja Vaňková is one of the most talented, prolific dancers in the world. She won America's Best Dance Crew with IaMmE, was in the Top 2 of So You Think You Can Dance season 12, has danced in and worked with Step Up (the movie), Cirque Du Soleil, Nike, Puma, Justin Bieber, and so much more. In this episode we talk about the origin of the word "robot," how Jaja had $9000 taken from

#11 (Pt. 2) - Ian Eastwood: Being a "YouTube Choreographer" in the Los Angeles Dance Industry

Oct 31 2022 71 mins

In Part 2 of the Ian Eastwood STEEZY Podcast episode (listen to Pt. 1 if you haven't yet), Ian and Clay talk about how being a "YouTube choreographer" used to parallel being a "TikTok Dancer" and how Ian chose to embrace that element of his dance career. We also learn about his first job as a dancer in Los Angeles in all of it's weirdness and pretentiousness, and his #1 piece of ad

#11 (Pt. I) - Ian Eastwood: Innovating The Dance Learning and Teaching Experience

Oct 17 2022 65 mins

Part 1 of the Ian Eastwood STEEZY Podcast episode (We had so much to talk about we needed two whole episodes for it). Ian, who is an absolutely iconic dancer who has worked with artists like Childish Gambino, Justin Bieber, Taemin, EXO, and been featured on a variety of television programming... is here to spill his story on how he became the dancer he is today. We talk about the w

#10 - Carlo Darang: Directing A Top-Tier Dance Crew With Imposter Syndrome

Oct 03 2022 67 mins

Carlo Darang is the director of a few dance crews, including Choreo Cookies, one of the most world-renowned dance crews... but he's also the chillest guy you'll ever meet. In this episode, we chat about the pressures of taking over as a director for Choreo Cookies, video games getting in the way of dance, what we'd do in a zombie apocalypse, how Carlo fell in love being a dance tea

#9 – Makenzie Dustman: Becoming A Better Dancer Through Confronting Fears

Sep 19 2022 72 mins

We go DEEP in this episode. Makenzie and Clay talk about starting your dance training in a studio and learning how to branch out and grow after, imposter syndrome, confronting fears, and much more! Take online dance classes on STEEZY here → https://steezy.co/podcastgeneral --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steezypodcast/message Support thi

How To Dance Like Bruno Mars (VIDEO)

Sep 13 2022 7 mins

In this video podcast, we dissect why I believe Bruno Mars is one of the greatest entertainers of our generation, but with a focus on his dancing. This is a special episode that is not our standard podcast format! Make sure you WATCH this one, because listening won't do it justice ❤️ Take online dance classes here → https://steezy.co/podcastgeneral --- Send in a voice message

#8 – Aliya Janell: The Waitress Who Took Over The Dance World

Sep 05 2022 56 mins

Aliya talks about starting as a waitress and dance assistant, "The Power Of Now" by Eckhart Tolle, memorizing 40 lines of Hamlet, and becoming the world-renowned dancer and business person that she is today. Take online dance classes from Aliya here → https://steezy.co/podcastgeneral --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steezypodcast/message Suppor

#7 – Ben "BTEK" Chung: The Jabbawockeez & Kinjaz Dancer, Skateboarder, Podcast Host

Aug 15 2022 48 mins

Ben Chung is a prolific artist who started his dance journey before the age of social media, but has seamlessly integrated and thrived within that space while being a part of legendary dance crews like the Jabbawockeez & Kinjaz Take online dance classes here → https://steezy.co/podcastgeneral --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/steezypodcast/m