A Dancer's Guide to Networking like a Boss -- with Mikey DellaVella

Dance Careers: Unfiltered

Today's guest is the effortlessly cool Mikey Dellavella. I know Mikey through his fiance Maryann Chavez and we're all faculty members for Souldesoul Dance Convention. I really love this episode. We get real, as per usual, and talk about:

• Typecasting and rejection - starting your career out this way and figuring out your lane
• His journey into the acting world
• Being bold and assertive as a dancer so you don’t get lost in the mix

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Mikey Dellavella comes from upstate New York with a decade of choreographing, creative directing & teaching a unique style of hiphop dance; using a mixture of musicality, control and creative wordplay.
His aim is to be sure his students leave his class with a better ear for music and even a stronger appreciation for dance. Having taught at popular Los Angeles studios such as Tmilly studio, Millennium Dance Complex, Movement Lifestyle and Playground la; filming online dance tutorials for Steezy co., Fullouttv & Tmillytv - he is no stranger to the dance world. He has had the privilege to teach in 10 countries and over 30 cities within the U.S., alongside, choreographing/performing for well known artists such as T-Pain, D Smoke, Joyner Lucas, Ester Dean, Britney Spears, and K pop groups, Ateez & Got7. he is also an member for the HHI gold medalist team, S Rank (as seen on NBC’s World of Dance: Season 2).

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