49: Choreography and Purpose — Ariel Rose

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on 5.6.7.EIGHT, Aleksandra speaks with Ariel Rose, a dancer and choreographer at the Miami City Ballet.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Rose, who hails from New York City, trained at multiple arts and dance schools before training at the Boston Ballet School on full scholarship. Rose has since danced professionally with a number of renown ballet companies, yet his true passion is for choreography. Ariel’s education was tailor-made to foster a love of choreography inside of him from a young age, and his works have been featured at a number of ballet companies and schools across two continents.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ariel is a deep, passionate thinker and holds unique perspectives on a wide variety of topics within the dance realm. On the podcast, Aleksandra and Ariel span a number of topics, including his own journey in ballet, his view on dancing a diversity of styles, his creative process, the challenges of being a young and aspiring choreographer, and why there’s a gender disparity in dance, to name a few. Both dancers and non-dancers are sure to come away from the podcast more knowledgeable and more inspired to achieve their goals.</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>Moving Quotes:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I live to create ballets that make people feel something or move them or uplift them… Creating dance gives me a sense of purpose."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You can’t teach someone how to choreograph. You can guide them into being aware of the audience — where the audience’s attention is."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Sometimes working hard is not the ultimate answer. You can run into a wall and not break through it. Sometimes you just have to step to the left and open the door… Think through the problem. You have to be a smart dancer."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Music has always been important to me; it affects me in a very deep way. How that t