
Episode 47: Jen Alden
Jen Alden is in the studio this month! She is a choreographer, director, arts leader, and financial executive whose work spans professional performance, arts advocacy, nonprofit leadership, and community engagement. 

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The Adult Ballet Studio is a podcast featuring conversations with dancers who have returned to ballet or discovered it for the first time later in life, as well as anyone working to make the ballet industry more welcoming for dancers of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. This podcast celebrates the beauty of ballet with the aim of encouraging dancers to embrace individuality, challenge tradition, and advocate for an industry where age, ability, and background are not obstacles, but sources of strength and diversity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Elizabeth Blosfield hosts The Adult Ballet Studio, a arts show with 49 episodes published.

Jen Alden is in the studio this month! She is a choreographer, director, arts leader, and financial executive whose work spans professional performance, arts advocacy, nonprofit leadership, and community engagement. 

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The Whole Dancer
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Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
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Anne Easterling
The Ballet Club
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Anabella Lenzu
Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
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Peter Stathas
Peter Stathas Dance
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Elizabeth Yntema
Dance Data Project
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Lar Lubovitch
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
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Sarah Witherup
Dance Theatre Northwest
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Annemarie Cabri
The National Ballet of Canada
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Children’s Dance Theater of Okanogan County
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