LNXdance Podcast

LNXdance Podcast

A series of conversations for Latinx dancers and educators BY Latinx dancers and educators. We dive deep into important topics in the dance industry and how being part of the Latinx community affects us, our contributions, decisions, and careers.

Episodes

June 5, 2023 65 mins

Welcome back to another season of LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!

Join us for this super inspiring episode as we have the privilege of interviewing the one and only Dr. Bruno Rodriguez, Ph.D. Check out his biography below and listen in to find out how he juggles it all: doctoral degree in Microbiology, cross-genre training, AND international career as a dancer, performer, and educator!

Born and raised in Pue...

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Welcome back to another season of LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!

Join us for this special episode as we welcome the amazing Mariana Ranz (BFA, MA), to our podcast. Check out her story below and listen in to see how Community Outreach became such a big part of her life. We are so fortunate to have this episode for you all, and know there is a lot to take away from her story!

Mariana Ranz is origi...

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November 7, 2022 56 mins

Welcome back to another season of LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!

Join us this week as we welcome Latina Americana dancer and actress, Emma Sofia Caymares (BFA, SUNY Purchase College), to our podcast. We dive deep into her childhood growing up in concert dance and her career trajectory as she explores the dualities of working as a dancer and actress both on and off the screen. She talks about how she is now...

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October 10, 2022 41 mins

Welcome back to another season of LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!

We are so honored to bring to you Kiri Avelar, MFA, Interdisciplinary Artist, Educator, and Scholar! An awardee of the Chancellor's Fellow @ucsantabarbara's Theater & Dance Department and a beautiful human inside and out. Kiri is a strong fronteriza artist-scholar from the U.S./Mexico borderlands of El Paso, Texas/Cd. Juárez, Ch...

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October 3, 2022 24 mins

Welcome back to another season with LNXdance with your Co-Hosts, Marcus & Mari!

In this episode, Marcus and Mari catch up on what they have been up to... lots of updates, changes, and growth for this duo.

Resources for Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month:
https://www.latinxdanceeducatorsalliance.com/the-oasis

Instagrams to Help Puerto Rico & Caribbean from Hurricane  Fiona's impact:
Te...

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March 28, 2022 53 mins

Welcome back to another episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez!

Join us while we sipped and chatted with our good friend Elvis Collado, competitors, lover of all things dance, and currently Floridian! Thank you Elvis for sharing the story of how you came to love dance and your journey of finding your passion and what is now your career in life. Elvis' story, much like those of p...

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Mari & Marcus are back with another Current Topics episode! Catch up with your favorite hosts and join the conversation on Latinx Representation in the field. In this episode, we cover the New York Dance Festival, West Side Stories, In the Heights, and more! Let's talk representation in our industry and how we can do better to represent our communities with less stereotypical characters and more authentic ones. Listen in t...

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March 7, 2022 49 mins

Welcome back to another episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez!

We are so honored to bring to you Karel Flores, Professional Dancer, Choreographer, and Activist! A passionate leader in her industry who works hard to bring women of all backgrounds a seat to the table. Karel is a world-renowned solo artist, teacher, and choreographer whose passion for dance began in a non-conventional ...

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February 28, 2022 51 mins

Welcome back to another episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez!

We are so excited to bring to you Michelle Manzanales, Choreographer & Dance Educator! A truly talented and inspiring leader in our community whose commissioned work for Ballet Hispánico, Con Brazos Abiertos, explores the duality of living in a Mexican-American household in Texas and how that has impacted her through...

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February 21, 2022 23 mins

Mari & Marcus are back with another episode after a two-week break. Find out what they have been up to in life and how Marcus has been using dance as a way to heal like going social dancing at SalsaMania and taking a Hustle class from Nelson Flores at Yamulee Dance Company Studios. Mari talks about presenting at the New York State Dance Education Association Conference and traveling to Florida to teach Ballet Technique at TAME ...

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January 31, 2022 45 mins

Welcome back to another episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez!

Take a few minutes to get to know our next guest, Franklin Liranzo. 8X World Salsa Champion, Internationally-acclaimed choreographer, teacher & photographer, creator of NudeYorker, now known as RudeYorker, and proud Veteran of the US Navy! A multi-faceted and talented individual that we are lucky to call a friend. W...

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January 24, 2022 21 mins

Mari & Marcus discuss the current restrictions and changes seen in the NYC dance industry due to the new variant and how it has affected artists. They explore ways we can be resilient to respond as teachers, dancers, and performers. They also talk about current performances and movies that are in their minds including the upcoming Full-Lenght performance titled "Doña Perón" by Ballet Hispánico's Company and the n...

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January 17, 2022 51 mins

Welcome to another episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez. Take a few minutes to get to know Deanna Lynn Martinez as she navigates a new role of Dance Educator in Queens, NYC. Listen to hear all about her struggles with identidad and how she is empowering herself to become an advocate and example to all of her students of varied nationalities. Deanna is a very impressive educator and she is J...

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January 10, 2022 20 mins

Welcome to our very first episode of LNXdance with your hosts Marcus Mantilla-Valentin and Mari Vasconez. Take a few minutes to get to know us with a fun icebreaker Q&A. 




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Brought to you by MotionScoop Dance Corp, LNXdance Podcast is a series of conversations FOR Latinx dancers and educators BY Latinx dancers and educators. Join Mari & Marcus (M&M) as they dive deep into important topi...

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