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.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 466

Conversations on Dance
Podcast Episodes
(153) Yumiko Takeshima, Founder of Yumiko [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:51
This week we are joined by Yumiko Takeshima, founder of dance wear company, Yumiko. Yumiko began dancing at the age of four in Sapporo Japan. At the age of 14, she moved to San Francisco to study at San Francisco Ballet…
(152) Boys Dance – Our Reaction to Lara Spencer and GMA [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:53
It's just Rebecca and Michael this week, breaking down everything that happened surrounding Lara Spencer's comments on Prince George studying ballet on Good Morning America. We are guessing that this story may have made…
(151) Lauren Lovette LIVE From Vail Dance Festival [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:11
Today we are bringing you a live podcast recording from the Vail Dance Festival with New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Lauren Lovette. We catch up on what she has been up to since we saw her last summer, talk about h…
(150) Lil Buck LIVE From Vail Dance Festival [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:13
Today we are bringing you a live podcast recording from the Vail Dance Festival with Jookin superstar, Lil Buck. Charles “Lil Buck” Riley is an dancer, actor and model from Memphis, Tennessee who specializes in a style o…
(149) Damian Woetzel & Janet Eilber LIVE from Vail Dance Festival [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:45
Today we are bringing you a live podcast recording from the Vail Dance Festival with Festival Artistic Director Damian Woetzel and Janet Eilber, Martha Graham Dance Company Artistic Director. The pair talks with us about…
(148) Tiler Peck LIVE from Vail Dance Festival [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:46
Today we are bringing you a live podcast recording from the Vail Dance Festival with New York City Ballet Principal Tiler Peck. In her 11th year at the Vail Dance Festival, Tiler continues to explore her work as a choreo…
BONUS: Choreographer Pam Tanowitz from Vail Dance Festival [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:32
Today we sit down with choreographer Pam Tanowitz from the Vail Dance Festival. We spoke with Pam from a Live event at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center in episode 140 and today we get to chat with her about her new creatio…
BONUS: Roman Mejia of NYCB from Vail Dance Festival [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:38
New York City Ballet up-and-coming corps member, Roman Mejia, sits down with us from the Vail Dance Festival. We talk about his year of dance since we last saw him in Vail, working with Edward Villella, and on performing…
BONUS: Herman Cornejo of ABT From Vail Dance Festival [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:17
American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer, Herman Cornejo, sits down with us from the Vail Dance Festival. We talk about his year of dance since we last saw him in Vail, his 20th anniversary with ABT, and about what he is…