S3E2: Peace, Love, & Guide-Dance with Anna Sarao

In today’s episode we sit down with the one and only Anna Sarao.  We talk about the start of Anna’s dance career, her experience in meeting Angie Bunch for the first time and Anna shares her proudest career accomplishment. Anna gives sound advice for aspiring dancers and talks about charting uncharted waters and the creation of the Body Rock empire.  We dive deep into Anna’s opinions on the evolution of the dance community and she walks us through her new project, Guide-Dance.  We have an honest and in depth discussion on the current state of the dance community surrounding sexual misconduct and we talk about ways to move forward.  Anna shares her go to Boba drink and she shares her inspiration behind Boba Talks with Anna Sarao.  We wrap the episode and Anna provides parting words of encouragement and shares her take on what’s good in the dance community right now.  

In this episode, we explore: 
00:30        Introduction
02:38        The start of Anna’s dance career
07:45         Meeting the founder of Culture Shock
10:20        Anna’s first audition 
14:34         “Let yourself try really hard” 
17:14        Overcoming life’s setbacks
20:00        Charting uncharted waters and the inception of a household legacy
25:40        Honoring the spirit of Chris
27:35        An epiphany 
31:01         Anna’s proudest accomplishment
34:15        Guide-Dance with Anna Sarao
40:03        The art of Chi Gong
47:18         The evolution of the dance community
57:35        Boba Talks with Anna Sarao
1:05:35    Rapid Fire 
1:09:25    Anna’s daily routine
1:11:18    Parting words of encouragement
1:12:47    What’s good in the dance community?
1:17:37    Closing remarks
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-Jane Banares for creating our Co-Lab Podcast artwork 
Music by Sam Stan - Das Boo - https://thmatc.co/?l=997FC418
Music by SkeetOnTheBeat - Late Night - https://thmatc.co/?l=E76B5749 
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