Episode 21

BEHIND THE COMBO | EP 21 — with Abby Jayne DeAngelo 🎙️✨

This conversation is for every educator who has ever looked at a student and thought they deserve more than what this system is giving them!

In this episode, I sat down with Abby Jayne DeAngelo, Studio Owner, Former Pacific Northwest Ballet Dancer, and Free-lance Ballerina, to talk about seeing the dancer, not the mold, and what it actually looks like to teach with individualization, injury prevention, and performance access at the center of everything you do.

Because one-size-fits-all doesn’t fit anyone.

And chronic pain, burnout, and dancers who never get on stage?

Those are preventable!

We explored:
✨ What it really means to honor every dancer’s unique body, background, and learning pathway as an educator
🩰 How a one-size-fits-all curricula contributes to preventable injury and what to do instead
💪🏽 What prehab and conditioning actually look like woven into a dance class without taking it over
🎭 Why performance access matters and what it means to make sure every student gets a real moment on the stage
🌀 Whether the dance education world is finally moving away from the old way or if we still have a long way to go

This one is for the educators who are done treating injury as part of the deal and ready to teach in a way that protects and serves every single dancer in the room.

Because every dancer deserves to be seen for exactly who they are 💜

Watch the replay and share one thing you do to honor the individuality of your dancers?