We sit down and chat with Justin J. Vaughn or better known in the dance community as “Papa J”.  Justin gives us an in depth history of where dance all started for him and how his career flourished to becoming owner of the world renowned team, Super Galactic Beat Manipulators.  J shares the inner workings of Super Galactic Beat Manipulators and we break down his thoughtful approach to directing an award winning team.  We talk about how the dance community has evolved and J shares his insights on how to navigate through some of the current challenges we face today. We have a really fun round of rapid fire questions and J and Michelle share their woes of getting older.  J talks to us about his late night furniture shopping spree and becoming a “plant dad”.  We wrap the episode with J’s foodie favorites and J shares his opinion on what’s good in the dance community. He refuses the title community “icon”, but we assure you that after listening to this episode, you’ll agree with us that Papa J is indeed a legend, leader, and icon in the dance community.

In this episode, we explore: 

00:32   Introduction
03:32   Before there was dance, there was music
05:47    “Hypnotize” 
07:22   Founding Morse All Male
10:30   Celebrating the 20 year anniversary of Morse All Male
14:57   The origination of Super Galactic Beat Manipulators 
21:23   Bringing Kevin Brewer’s Vision to life  
34:09   Passing the “SGBM” baton
40:51   Directing a dance team using a thoughtful approach
47:00   “Papa J”, more than a nickname
51:03   Navigating through challenges in the dance community
56:31   Rapid fire questions
1:02:32   What’s next for J? 
1:09:52   J’s “quarantine hobbies”
1:26:33   What’s good in the dance community?
1:29:36   Closing remarks

This episode’s guest(s):
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Special thanks to:
-Jane Banares for creating our Co-Lab Podcast artwork 

Music by Sam Stan - Das Boo - https://thmatc.co/?l=997FC418
Music by SkeetOnTheBeat - Late Night - https://thmatc.co/?l=E76B5749 

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