DiscoverAfter Class: The Adult Ballet PodcastEp. 84 - Creating Spaces Where Adult Ballet Dancers Truly Belong: Erica Centola on Building a Studio & Ballet Company for Adults
Ep. 84 - Creating Spaces Where Adult Ballet Dancers Truly Belong: Erica Centola on Building a Studio & Ballet Company for Adults

Ep. 84 - Creating Spaces Where Adult Ballet Dancers Truly Belong: Erica Centola on Building a Studio & Ballet Company for Adults

Update: 2025-10-22
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Thank you to Align Fitness by Allie for sponsoring this episode of the podcast! To register for her London Intensive click here or visit @alignfitnessbyallie on Instagram.

In this episode of After Class, I'm chatting with Erica Centola, a ballet teacher and company director who returned to dance as an adult and went on to create both a studio and performance company designed specifically for adult dancers.

Erica shares how her own journey back to ballet as a busy adult & mom shaped the way she teaches, the unique challenges she sees adult dancers face in the studio, and why creating performance opportunities is so transformative. This conversation is an honest and encouraging look at what it means to build spaces where adult ballet dancers truly belong — in the studio, on stage, and in community with one another.

Connect with Erica on Instagram:

Tournesol Dance Studio

Rochester Adult Ballet Company

Or visit her website tournesoldance.com

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Podcast produced by Mission Bridge Media.
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Ep. 84 - Creating Spaces Where Adult Ballet Dancers Truly Belong: Erica Centola on Building a Studio & Ballet Company for Adults

Ep. 84 - Creating Spaces Where Adult Ballet Dancers Truly Belong: Erica Centola on Building a Studio & Ballet Company for Adults