Beyond The Dance Floor with Geena Driven
Over the last 20 years, I have spent a great part of my career creating opportunities for dancers to discover, develop, and demonstrate their passion for dance. I have met this challenge while being broke, scared, tired, and lost. But when you know the calling on your life, giving up is not an option. Dance has been such an amazing gift to me. Some of the most devastating moments in my life happened in and through dance. However, I have experienced some of my greatest joys and accomplishments as a dancer and a creative. It wasn't that long ago that I found myself unable to afford rent or gas. Fast forward a few years, I get to lead a company that builds community for women (Hip Hop Heels), and another that still remains the largest celebration of hip hop dance in the south (Dallas Hip-Hop Dance Festival). The weekly sold out classes are simply the icing on the cake. This podcast will cover a wide variety of topics - dance, business, love, leadership, God, finances, sex/sexuality, fitness... LIFE. My goal is to streamline my resources and knowledge to help dancers (and anyone who will listen) create a life worth dancing for. Throughout my life and career, one thing has become very apparent - when all is said and done, what truly matters in life and yes, in dance, happens beyond the dance floor.
Episodes
14 episodes
Welcome to 2023!
Do you still set goals at the beginning of the year? I did too, until now. Something I have discovered over the last few years is that my goals don't work unless I do. I know we've all heard that one before. However, it is true! How many of us ...
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Episode 12
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41:57
Michelle Brogan: The Gift, The Process, And The Purpose
Michelle Brogan is a pastor, speaker, producer, wife, mother, and mentor. She has been traveling the country for over 21 years utilizing her testimony and unique illustrated sermons to see an awakening of the heart for all who desire change. He...
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Episode 11
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1:07:17
Stephanie Dibiase: Road To The Big Game
Stephanie Dibiase is the Choreographer & Director of two professional dance teams in Dallas, TX - the Allen Americans Ice Angels and the NBA Dallas Mavericks D-Town Crew, and hip hop instructor at the Centre for Dance. She is a former Dalla...
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Episode 10
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1:10:18
Balancing Your Passion & Your Purpose
"When you pursue your passion with excellence, you very well may discover your purpose."- Geena DrivenThis is becoming a wildly popular topic in the world today. Leaders no longer desire to just lead people effectively. Part o...
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Episode 9
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15:56
DJ Guthrie: Creating A Life Worth Dancing For
DJ Guthrie is the owner and creator of 300 Below, Lux Dance Convention and Enso Dance Convention. DJ is an accomplished dancer, choreographer and entrepreneur. He has a vast knowledge of the dance industry and is such a grounded in...
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Episode 8
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57:41
Dance & Sexuality (Part 1)
It's the hottest dance style in the world today. I started teaching heels classes in 2010 and have had a front row seat, along with the world, to its evolution. Too often I find myself in conversations about where it all began, and the current ...
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Episode 7
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30:02
What I Learned In 2021
Pretty sure we all walked away from 2021 with quite a few lessons. Mine are not necessarily "new" lessons. However, they became more apparent to me this past year. What are some things that you learned in 2021, and how are you applying them to ...
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Episode 6
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26:13
Dancers in Dallas and L.A
A handful of times in my career I have been asked what I think is the difference between a dancer in Dallas and a dancer in LA. In this episode I got to sit down with two dancers who have experienced being a professional dancer in ...
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Episode 5
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58:10
Reflecting on my journey ...
Malcolm Gladwell suggests that not everyone is given equal opportunities and if we all were … well life would be a little different. While everyone is not given equal opportunities, everyone is given an opportunity at some point in their life. ...
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Episode 4
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23:20
Build A Community Around Your Brand
Building a brand is hard enough, now let's garner the support of complete strangers talk them into buying our product/services regularly?? Starting a business is not for the faint of heart. Not at all. If you take anything away from this episod...
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Episode 3
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22:28
Building Your Brand
The tip of the iceberg. Building your brand, or a brand around a service or product, is not for the faint of heart. Nope not at all! In this episode I give you some very simple, effective and practical handles on building your brand. Now get bo...
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Episode 2
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26:00
What Am I?
Seriously. What the heck am I? Am I even doing this right? Lol. How many times have you struggled to define your role in dance? A few years ago I attempted to define who is a dancer, performer, choreographer, instructor and teacher. I observed ...
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Episode 1
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21:04