Sofia Blasco On Making The Art Of Dance Accessible
Always Looking Up
09/19/22
•47m
About
Comments
Featured In
In this week’s episode I sat down with Sofia Blasco. Sofia is a dancer, Pure Barre instructor, and co-founder and executive director of The Dancer Movement, an organization that is dedicated to reimagining the experience of dance for people with disabilities. We discuss the origins of The Dancer Movement and developing a teaching style for students with disabilities, the importance of collaboration when making a space accessible, and how and why disability can and should be brought into the fitness and dance worlds.
Read the transcription HERE
Sign Up For The Adaptive + Accessible Pure Barre Class taking place on October 2 at 2:00 PM ET at the Flatiron location HERE
Follow Sofia: Instagram: @sofiablasco97
Follow The Dancer Movement: @thedancermovement Website: https://www.thedancermovement.com
Follow Me: Instagram: @jill_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast Twitter: @jillx3456 Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: alwayslookingup227@gmail.com
This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin
Previous Episode
Michaela Healy On Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
September 12, 2022
•31m
In this week’s episode, in honor of September being Hydrocephalus Awareness Month, I welcomed back Michaela Healy. Michaela is one of my best friends, practically my little sister, and has been living with hydrocephalus, water on the brain, since being diagnosed when she was one year old. We discuss what hydrocephalus awareness month means to her, why she does or does not see herself as an inspiration, and how she is always the first to make fun of herself with a smile on her face and middle finger in the air.
Read the transcription HERE
Learn More About Hydrocephalus And Donate:
NINDS - Hydrocephalus Fact Sheet
Hydrocephalus Association - Hydrocephalus Awareness Month 2022
Follow Me: Instagram: @jill_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast Twitter: @jillx3456 Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: alwayslookingup227@gmail.com
This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin
Next Episode
Bri Scalesse On What It Means To Actually Be Inclusive Of All Bodies
October 3, 2022
•60m
In this week’s episode I welcomed back Bri Scalesse. Bri is a wheelchair user, model, influencer, and advocate. This episode was recorded right after New York Fashion Week ended where Bri wheeled the runways in three shows and absolutely slayed like the true queen she is. We discuss the disability hierarchy and what it means to have the wheelchair user be the icon for the disabled community, what disability representation looked like at this year’s New York Fashion Week and the need for greater representation both on the runways and in the audience, examine what it means to be truly inclusive as a brand or a designer, and so much more.
Read the transcription HERE
Follow Bri: Instagram: @briscalesse TikTok: @briscalesse
Listen to Bri's first episode HERE
Follow Me: Instagram: @jill_ilana , @alwayslookingup.podcast Twitter: @jillx3456 Website: https://www.jillianilana.com Email: alwayslookingup227@gmail.com
This episode was edited and produced by Ben Curwin
If you like this episode you’ll love
Promoted