Season 1 Episode 2: Breaking a Genre - Part 1
Dance artist and educator, David Gabriel joins DU Podcast for a 2-part episode special. In part 1, David reviews his dance history, and how he journeyed into teaching Afro-Latin dance. Most notably, he uncovers how he managed to “break the genre” of Afro-Latin dance into private sector dance studio training in Orlando, FL as a regular multi-leveled class for students. He has found success amidst challenges and obstacles, and is breaking down barriers in dance studio culture. We toast to dance with Union Wine Company’s canned Underwood Pinot Noir and accept that our conversations cannot be limited by time. This 1-hour part 1 episode is filled with laughs, special shout outs, wise words, history lessons of Latin music, dance, and culture….and exposes how a “parent gang” can support you and your art form. David is the director of Dialects Dance Theatre, an instructor at Skyra Studios in Orlando, FL…and one of my dearest friends.
Cheers!
“If you are the first to do it, everything that you do - every step, every class that you teach is an audition…for years. Every single class has to be notable. Something has to happen that moves people. Every single time.” - David Gabriel
