In The Spotlight: Raising Leaders in the Performing Arts

Ep 80: Molly Beichler on Guest Teachers, Self-Advocacy, and Raising Confident Dancers

Why does the teacher a dancer clicks with the least sometimes turn into the one who pushes their training the furthest? And what does it actually take to build a teenager

Ep 79: Inside EMC: A Real Story of Student Advocacy in Action

Robin and Santina follow up on their earlier conversation about parents and studio owners being on the same team, this time with two stories fresh from the week at EMC.

Ep 78: From Miss Wyoming to Studio Owner Raising Five Kids in the Business with Tamara Howe

Robin sits down with Tamara Howe, owner of Tamara Howe School of Dance and founder of Ballet Salina in Salina, Kansas, for a conversation that covers her full path into s

Ep 77: Inside EMC: Dancing in the Street: Fall Tour Logistics

Robin and Santina break down the Fall Tour, EMC's two-stop community performance series at the New Freedom Fest and the Shrewsbury Fireman’s Fall Fest. Robin covers the

Ep 76: Reading the Room: Angela Hartley-Drube on ADHD, Flexibility, and Letting Dancers Lead

Robin talks with Angela Hartley-Drube, who has run Live 2 Dance in a small Wyoming town for 20 seasons, built a multi-purpose venue during the pandemic, earned the More T

Ep 75: Inside EMC: We're on the Same Team: Rethinking Studio and Parent Communication

Robin and Santina tackle a topic that's been landing in Robin's DSO Collective Instagram DMs all season: dance parents venting about how they or their kids have been trea

Ep 74: Stepping Back Without Losing the Studio: Marty Roberts on Succession and Teen Teaching Assistants

Robin sits down with fellow studio owner and friend Marty, who gave up an engineering acceptance at the University of Washington for a community college business degree a

Ep 73: Inside EMC: The Dream Team Training Retreat: Behind the Scenes

Robin sits down with Santina to break down the Dream Team Training Retreat, EMC's annual four-day team event held at a rented Airbnb outside the studio. She walks throug

Ep 72: From the Barre to the Boardroom: Jess Keller on Resilience, Reinvention, and Raising Dancers Who Are Ready for the World

What happens when a professional ballet career ends before you're ready and how do you turn that heartbreak into your greatest strength as a teacher and studio owner? Th

Ep 71 - Inside EMC: Everything Extra: A Walk Through EMC's Specialty Classes for the New Season

This week, Miss Robin walks you through every Specialty Class EMC is offering for the upcoming season, the extras that go beyond your regular package and give your dancer

Ep 70 - Tara's Story, What We Carry and What We Build From It, with Shawn Gladden

This is the episode Robin has been building toward for years. For a long time, the name Tara Gladden has appeared quietly at EMC Performing Arts Studio, on scholarship a

Ep 69: Inside EMC: Understanding the Rungs of the Ladder

This week, the conversation between Robin and Santina, touches on all things understanding the Rungs of the Ladder within EMC.  Get Your Brick and Support the Podcast:

Ep 68: Beyond the Stage: Building a Sustainable Dance Career with Ian Howe

In this episode, Ian Howe shares his dynamic journey through the dance industry, from competitive dancer to cruise ship performer, and ultimately to studio owner and educ

Ep 67 - Why We Don't Compete and Why Our Dancers Thrive

Robin and Santina go head-to-head with dance's most polarizing topic! They chat about why EMC has spent 35 years intentionally staying out of the competition circuit and

Ep 66: Flipping the Script with Will Tijerina: When a Veteran, an Actor, and a UPS Driver Turn Dance Studio Owner

Will Tijerina had no dance background when he became co-owner of Dance 360 Orlando. What he did have: military discipline, corporate logistics experience, and a belief th

Ep 65: The EMC Way (Part 2)

In Part 2, Robin picks up the story in Pennsylvania; the historic hardware store she knew was hers the second she walked in, the nail-biting negotiation her dad told her

Ep 64: From First Solo to Full Circle: Meghann Potter's Journey Through Dance, Injury, and Coming Home

What happens when a little girl who fell in love with the stage grows up to become one of your most beloved teachers? In this episode, Robin sits down with Meghann Potte

Ep 63: The EMC Way (Part 1)

Before there was EMC, there was a girl who didn't dream of performing… she dreamed of teaching. This week, Robin tells us everything: the training that changed her, the r

Ep 62 - Building an Inclusive Dance Studio: Scholarships, Special Needs Programs & Student Leadership with Anna Rose

In this episode of In the Spotlight: Raising Leaders in the Performing Arts, Robin Snyder-Wiencek down with dance educator Anna Rose, founder of Dreamer's Dance Company i

Ep 61 - Inside EMC: Production Season

This week, the conversation between Robin and Santina, touches on the things that are happening at EMC. Join us as we chat all things Production Rehearsals, from what th