And You Will Dance Podcast
And You Will Dance is a podcast about creatives from all over the artistic spectrum who are paving their paths on their own terms. Each guest shares their creative story and discusses moments in their journey when faced with adversity and dives into the internal push and shift within themselves to overcome their obstacle(s) - a process Ariana refers to as "The Dance". "And You Will Dance" was inspired by Ariana's personal journey and her will to work past fear and self-doubt that put a temporary pause on pursuing one of her life's passions. Through connecting with other creatives and discussing their instances of grit, this podcast is intended to inspire listeners to get out of their own head, propel forward and boldly pursue their life's potential. Join in on each episode for fun and inspiring conversation and for the reminder to keep dancing. Follow us on social: IG - @andyouwilldance Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andyouwilldance
Hosted by Ariana
And You Will Dance Podcast
Moving for his City and Himself with Byron Bucao
Byron Bucao is the Founder/Director of the Alias Dance Company based out of Oxnard California, the Cofounder/Owner of the Retour clothing brand, the Community Benefits Director for the City of Oxnard, a mental toughness athlete, dancer, choreographer and mentor. With years worth of experience of dancing in all male hip hop groups, he pursued dance by joining and choreographing for Cal State Long Beach's well known competitive dance team, PAC Modern. Now, he runs his own dance company, The Alias Dance Family in Oxnard and has been doing so for the past 17 years. The team is composed of over 150 dancers, ranging from age 4 to the collegiate level. Byron has brought his dancers on America’s Got Talent, George Lopez Tonight Show, Dance Moms, Dancing with the Stars and Blackish.
Byron has trained and mentored over 2,000 kids in his dance company alone in the city that raised him.
He's driven to help others and himself through dance - to become stronger dancers and even stronger people.
Episode Highlights
- Teaching the Youth in his City
- How He Started: All Male Hip Hop Crew
- The Underdog of the Group
- Garage Rehearsals
- Exclusive High School Competition Dance Team
- Hip hop Mega Crews
- Joining 1 of the “Big Three” - PAC Modern of Cal State Long Beach
- All male Alumni Dance Team “Non Stop”
- Byron’s Rehearsal Grind
- Birth of his Dance Team business
- RETOUR Clothing Brand & the skill of Thrifting
- Family Support & Sticking to his Interests
- Dance & Community
- Byron’s Dancer Slump & his old Vices
- Fitness & Understanding self-care
- David Goggins Challenge
- Breaking Down Goals
- Byron Running every 4 hours for 24 hours… no seriously he did that
- Mental Fitness
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Keep up with Byron and his creative endeavors by following his pages:
IG: @byronbucao
Other IGs: @aliasdancefam; @retourco
Websites: www.aliasdanceco.com; www.retourco.com