Update: Schedule over the next few weeks

Update: Schedule over the next few weeks

Author: Michael Sean Breeden & Rebecca King Ferraro July 12, 2025 Duration: 2:43

The Vail Dance Festival is almost here! If you are going to be at the festival, please join us for our in-person events. Ticket and more information available here: https://vaildance.org/conversations-on-dance/.


If you can't be with us, please subscribe to the Conversations on Dance podcast wherever you get your podcasts to be notified as we are publishing episodes daily from the festival. Episodes will be running from July 26 - August 3.


Tickets to Conversations on Dance at the 2025 Vail Dance Festival on sale now! https://vaildance.org/conversations-on-dance/


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For anyone who has ever watched a performance and wondered about the life that happens in the wings, Conversations on Dance offers a rare and thoughtful backstage pass. Hosted by former Miami City Ballet dancers Rebecca King Ferraro and Michael Sean Breeden, this award-winning podcast builds on a simple, powerful premise: the most compelling stories in dance aren't always told under the lights. Since 2016, their interviews have provided an essential, grounded look at the art form, moving far beyond reviews or technique to explore the real human endeavors behind the curtain. Each episode is a deep, considered dialogue with the field's most influential voices-not only dancers and choreographers, but also the musicians, directors, and educators whose work shapes the entire ecosystem. Listening feels like pulling up a chair in a studio lounge, where the conversation might cover the gritty reality of a choreographer's creative process, the collaborative tension with a composer, or an educator's philosophy on cultivating the next generation. The hosts' own professional backgrounds inform a dialogue that is both knowledgeable and genuinely curious, fostering connections between the art and its audience. This podcast consistently uncovers the discipline, vulnerability, and sheer hard work that define a life in dance, making the vast world of performance feel intimately accessible. It’s for the dedicated student, the lifelong enthusiast, and the simply curious-anyone who believes understanding the struggle and joy behind the steps only deepens the appreciation of the final, fleeting bow.
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(191) Lloyd Knight, Principal with Martha Graham Dance Company [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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Duration: 40:50
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(186) Phil Chan, co-founder of Final Bow for Yellowface [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:08
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(185) Gavin Larsen on Teaching Online [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:30
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(184) Nancy Richer of Richer Movement on Teaching Online [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:45
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(183) Mikko Nissinen, Boston Ballet Artistic Director [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:27
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