I want you to have a strong sense of #SelfDirection when it feels like the project is going down in flames. So, this episode is all about the skills you need to create a “YES” in a creative process that is full of the word “NO’. As a byproduct this episode is also about conflict resolution, refining your creative process, and successful thinking in your life at large.

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Show Notes:

Listen to The Key to All Creative Collaborations

Listen to How to Ask Good Questions

Listen to Adrienne’s episode

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Dana Wilson hosts Haley Fitzgerald on the Words That Move Me Podcast this week! Funny person, fabulous dancer, and self-declared “proud influencer”, Haley talks all about being an associate choreographer for Mean Girls the movie musical, how she deals with perfectionism, her most embarrassing moments on set and so much more.. Listen in to learn and laugh… a lot.

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Show Notes

Connect with Haley on IG

Learn about JRS Acting

Listen to Gary’s episode

Listen to our In The Heights episode

Listen to Mandy’s episode

Listen to Marty’s episode

Listen to Smac’s episode

Listen to the Seaweed Sisters episode

Zero to Hero reference video

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Dana Wilson hosts Alison Faulk on the Words That Move Me Podcast this week! Alison has done it all from dancing with some of the biggest pop stars (Pink, Madonna, Britney Spears, and more), to creating a strip empire with Magic Mike the Film and Magic Mike Live. Alison took some time out of her busy schedule to geek out on dance, talk about what makes something sexy, and she gives us her secret to longevity!

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Show Notes:

Connect with Alison on IG

Go watch Magic Mike Live in Vegas

Nearness of You

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Dana Wilson hosts award-winning choreographer/ director team Keone & Mari Madrid on the Words That Move Me Podcast this week! Their new feature, “Space & Time” @spaceandtimefilm, is centered around grief so be prepared to feel all the feels and have your notes ready for all the juicy (and very smart) details of their creative process. Stick around till the end for a cameo by Wrist Roll the Dog and the affirmation you needed to hear today.

Be on the lookout for screenings of Space & Time near you!

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Show Notes:

Connect with Mari Madrid on IG

Connect with Keone Madrid on IG

Follow the film Space & Time on IG

Learn more about Space & Time

Watch Justin Timberlake’s “Selfish”

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Finally! This week, Dana Wilson reacts to 6 of the funkiest dance videos from across the internet, including one from her deeply funky dance hero, Yoshie. We have talked about making this video for a while now, and it was worth the wait! Please enjoy Dana’s various facial contortions and involuntary outbursts.

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Show Notes:

Here are all the videos from this episode:

G-Splash

Yoshie

Ghetto Funk Collective

PJ Turner & Tashina Beckmann

FireLock vs Tiffany Bong

JJ vs Tian Tian

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Dana Wilson hosts Rotem Alima on the Words That Move Me Podcast this week! Rotem is an Academy Award-winning Producer featured in Forbes 30 under 30 in 2016. This episode gives you the script for saying yes to your dreams when others tell you no. Get ready to be mesmerized by Rotem’s determination and roller coaster ride of making her dreams come true. Fill up your motivation cup and enjoy listening to the fabulous Rotem Alima!

Disclaimer: This episode was recorded before October 7th 2023

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Show Notes:

Connect with Rotem on IG

Listen to Marguerite’s Episode

Watch Marty’s Episode

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Dana Wilson hosts Alexander Chung on the Words That Move Me Podcast this week! Alex has 500k YouTube subscribers and even more jokes. In this episode, we talk about what creativity is to us and how we create work and a sense of community. We also dig into the mentorship programs that have taken the dance community by storm. Find out why Alex runs his the way that he does and what Dana thinks about the rest of them.

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Show Notes:

Connect with Alexander on IG

Learn more about the Choreographers Guild

Watch Marty’s Episode

Listen to the Seaweed Sisters Episode

Watch Galen’s Episode

For more DANA

For coaching with me, join the WTMM COMMUNITY

To donate to WTMM through our Fiscal Sponsor, THE DANCE RESOURCE CENTER

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