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Athlete Voices shines the spotlight on all things aesthetic sports. Through interviews with gymnasts, figure skaters, dancers, circus artists, and more, we aim to humanize athletes and de-stigmatize their struggles while inspiring and educating readers through their stories.
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Devin Mallory is a UCLA Alum, graduating in 2021 with a BA in Worlds Arts and Cultures, Dance and a Minor in Food Studies. During his years in College, Mallory also was the first male on UCLA’s Dance Team and was a co-captain his Senior Year. He is now currently in a full time position with the Las Vegas Raiders as a Coordinator/Lead Instructor for Raiderettes The Studio.
Connect with Devin: @devinmallory
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Elizabeth Balikian is a 16 year-old USA rhythmic gymnastics national team member. Her first international competition was Miss Valentine in Estonia, and she received a silver medal in ribbon. She made the Elite National Qualifiers for 4 years and was the 2019 Junior State all-around champion. Elizabeth shares her rhythmic gymnastics journey and recounts some memorable competition moments throughout her 13 year career.
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Cecilia Qu'in is an American Afro-Latin multidisciplinary artist specializing in events management, digital media management, and sex-positive performance art. She goes by her stage name, Qu'in de la Noche, and loves to entertain the masses through Burlesque, the art of seduction.
Connect with Cecilia: @quindelanoche
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Anna Glenn is a former UCLA gymnast and graduated in 2020 with a degree in psychology. She is passionate about mental health, and during her time at UCLA, she worked on addressing mental health challenges in the student-athlete population through various organizations. Anna is excited to begin a three-year occupational therapy doctorate program at USC this fall.
Connect with Anna: @anna.f.glenn
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Lauren McArdle is a professional ballerina and Soloist with The Sarasota Ballet in Florida. Prior to joining the Sarasota Ballet in 2018, Lauren danced professionally with The National Ballet of Canada, and spent time training in Seattle, Vancouver, San Francisco, Pennsylvania, and Amsterdam.
Lauren holds a double major from California Baptist University. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Kinesiology, and a BS in Sport and Performance Psychology. She is also a certified pilates instructor and personal trainer.
Connect with Lauren: @lauren.ostrander
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Katherine “Katie” Alexander is a second year Ph.D student at Utah State University studying Human Development & Family Studies. Her research primarily centers on athlete abuse and maltreatment, with a focus on emotional abuse in the coach-athlete relationship in intercollegiate sport settings. Relying on her own experiences of abuse and maltreatment as a former competitive soccer player, she hopes to better empirically understand this darker side of sport. She has an instagram page, @thedarksideofsport, where she educates others about topics like coaching abuse, eating disorders, hazing in sports settings, and other forms of athlete maltreatment.
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Polina Volchek, also known as Pink Puma, has inhabited the brutal environment of sport and show business industries for over 25 years. She was a competitive rhythmic gymnast for 10 years and made the Russian national team. She switched to circus arts at age 17 and specialized in hula hoops and aerial. At 25, she began competing in Pole Sport and became the 4-time World Pole Sport and Artistic Pole Champion.
Connect with Polina: @pinkpumainc
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Natalie McGiffert is a former USA national team rhythmic gymnast. A Southern California native, she made history as a member of the 2016 rhythmic group gymnastics team that gave Team USA its first ever earned Olympic spot for RG group. She was also a member of the 2015 Pan American Games team that won two silvers and one gold medal. Natalie was a competitive gymnast for nearly 13 years and now works as a full time employee at LA28, which is the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee for the 2028 Games.
Connect with Natalie: https://www.instagram.com/natmcgiffert/
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Andrew Escolme is a professional ballroom dancer. He began his career dancing in the Latin category, and later pivoted to American Rhythm. He recently debuted a new dance partnership with Asta Sigvaldadottir and hopes to continue bringing authenticity to his dancing while competing at the highest level.
Andrew's competitive accolades include:
- World Rhythm Finalist
- World Salsa Champion
- United States Rising Star Rhythm Champion
- British National Champion
Connect with Andrew: @andrewaescolme
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Julie Zetlin is a retired American rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2010 U.S. Senior National Champion in Rhythmic Gymnastics and represented the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games. In 2015, she was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. In this interview Julie and I talk about her experience competing with a broken foot at the Olympics, the importance of mental performance training as an athlete, her transition out of gymnastics and her current role as a fitness industry specialist.
Connect with Julie: https://www.instagram.com/julcool/
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Autumn Steed is from Downers Grove, IL and began her pre-professional ballet training at the Academy of Dance Arts under the direction of Sherry Moray. She is a 2015 National YoungArts Winner and a graduate of Miami City Ballet School’s Pre-Professional Division. At Miami City Ballet, she performed with the company in George Balanchine’s Walpurgisnacht Ballet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In 2017, she joined Alabama Ballet as an Apprentice, where she performed multiple soloist roles. In 2019, she joined Chicago’s A&A Ballet and was a guest artist with Chicago Opera Theater in Aleko at the Harris Theater. Autumn joined Kansas City Ballet’s KCB II in 2020 and she was promoted to Company Apprentice in 2022. At KCB, she has performed works including Balanchine’s Serenade, Pink’s Dracula, Webre’s The Wizard of Oz, and Carney’s Giselle and The Nutcracker. Additionally, Autumn holds a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Sport & Performance Psychology and is a Pilates instructor.
Connect with Autumn: @autumnhsteed
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Jonas Woolverton is a cirque performer and specialist in the Cyr Wheel. He ran away to the circus at age 25 and performed with Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas for 11 years. He now performs independently as a wheel artist, actor and filmmaker. Jonas has performed on 5 continents, in over 5,000 shows, in front of over 500,000 spectators.
Connect with Jonas: @zupunkcirque
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Follow along as I guide you through 3 types of breathing techniques to release performance anxiety. Do not practice these exercises while operating a moving vehicle.
Timestamps:
1:2 Ratio Breathing 1:16 - 2:30
Rhythmic Breathing 2:32 - 3:43
Sighing With Exhalation 3:46 - 5:30
References: Williams, J. M., & Krane, V. (2021). Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth To Peak Performance. McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
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Welcome to season 2 of the podcast!
We have several guests lined up, dancers, gymnasts, Cirque du Soleil artists, and more. This season we will also focus more on sport psychology and feature things like guided meditations, episodes on how to practice imagery, progressive muscle relaxation techniques, and many more strategies to boost your mental performance game. We will interview sport psychologists and mental performance coaches as well to hear their perspectives.
Happy New Year, and see you all in 2023!
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Gino Francisco is head coach and owner of 10th Planet Daly City, a martial arts academy located in the San Francisco Bay Area. A lifelong martial artist and former fighter, Coach Gino specializes in Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, and Mixed Martial Arts. He holds a black belt in Jiu Jitsu and teaches a variety of classes with students ranging from young children to senior citizens, and hobbyists to professional MMA fighters.
Connect with Gino: @ginofrancomma
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Tori Kubick, aka, conTORItion, is a professional contortionist, calmness connoisseur, world class performer, TEDx speaker, writer, and world traveler. Growing up as an award winning dancer, she later found her true love, the antiquated art form of Mongolian contortion. She kept pushing the odds, and now she tours the world and performs contortion and acrobatics in various theatres, cruise ships, and the world-renowned Cirque du Soleil. Tori recently published an article in SUP International and is fusing her performance with water. Tori has opened for Miley Cyrus, was featured on The Tonight Show, Ripley's Believe it Or Not, NYFW, RHONY, and performed for TEAM USA.
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Instagram: @con_tori_tion
Watch Tori's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJZM04Kxd_E&t=425s
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Anastasia Muravyeva is a retired professional ballroom dance champion. In a career that spanned nearly three decades, Anastasia reached the pinnacle of competitive ballroom dancing. Together with her dance partner, Victor Fung, she became the 2017 Blackpool Champion in the Open Professional Ballroom category, the ballroom-dance equivalent of an Olympic gold medal. After retiring from competitive dancing in 2021, Anastasia's second act career came as a surprise to many: business school at the University of Southern California. In 2019, we heard Victor’s story. Now it’s time to hear from Anastasia.
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasiamuravyevaprofessional/
Instagram: @anastasiamuravyevaofficial
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American artistic gymnast Aly Raisman published her autobiography, Fierce, in November 14, 2017. In the book, she details her gymnastics journey beginning at 18-months old, and culminating in 2 Olympic gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Games.
In today's podcast, I share my thoughts surrounding the book and themes that resonated with me, including those of mental health, perfectionism, and abuse in gymnastics. This podcast episode was originally published as a post on the Athlete Voices' blog in 2018. Much has changed between then and now, and USA Gymnastics has made necessary institutional changes to better their athletes. Still, more needs to be done to rectify cultural norms of gymnastics training that continue to harm athletes physically and mentally.
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Masha Alieva is a 17 year-old competitive figure skater. At 14, she made the switch from singles skating to ice dance. She competes with her skating partner, Mathieu Couyras, and together they represent France at international competitions. Currently recovering from hip surgery, Masha strives to heal soon and get back to training and competing. She keeps her eye on her ultimate dream: skating on the Olympic ice in 2026.
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Instagram: @mashafigureskater
TikTok: @mashaicedancer
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Jenny Rokhman is an American rhythmic gymnast. She competed in both individual and group disciplines of rhythmic gymnastics, and was a member of the US Team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She has competed internationally at various World Cups, Grand Prix, and World Championships. Jenny has an identical twin sister, Monica, who was also a member of the Rio Olympic team. In this interview, we talk about Jenny's experience switching from individual to group rhythmic, growing up training and competing alongside her twin sister, her Olympic experience and the mental pressures faced leading up to the Games, and her post-gymnastics life now as a law student.
Social media: @jennyrokh
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