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Episode One: Dancing Through Fear w/ Janae Holster

January 26, 2021 • Alana Hill • Season 1 • Episode 1

Episode One: Dancing through Fear w/ Janae Holster

Janae Holster started her dance journey in the DMV dancing with numerous studios and schools, including where we met Joy of Motion dance Center. While in DC, Janae danced with many youth dance companies including HYPE: The Company, Future Shock, CMI, and The Movement Studios before moving to the west coast at age 14 to pursue dancing more seriously. Since her move Janae has been killing it in the competition/convention circuit and is currently a senior at California School of the Arts. Also, as you’ll hear later in the episode, Janae reveals a major accomplishment that she just recently added to her already impressive resume.

Janae shares a wealth of knowledge about dancing through fear and getting to a space where you understand the most important opinion really is your own.

"It's dance, we dance because it's joy. It's expression. It's not about tricks. If you can do tricks. Wonderful. And if you can't, you're still valid. You can still share" -Janae Holster, 17

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