Introduction Episode

Todd Combs & Taras Denysenko

Transcripts:

Todd Combs 0:06
Welcome to the introduction to our new show All About Ballroom Dancing.

Taras Denysenko 0:13
And I’m tourist Dennis sanko. When I’ve been teaching since 1994.

Todd Combs 0:18
And I am Todd Combs I’ve been teaching since 1995. And not only are we teachers for so long, but we were also professional competitors for many, many

Taras Denysenko 0:30
years. And wait, that’s not all. We’re also ballroom dance studio owners.

Todd Combs 0:36
Yes, we own studios. We do it all. But we also a couple more things in our credentials in our in our little resume here. We are traveling consultants. We’ve gone through many, many exams, many tests, gone really far with this set of dancing and we get hired to go to studios all over the United States and out of the country to but mostly United States and we work in studios. Yeah, so we get hired, I’m sure if your students from other places you know that they bring in consultants to the studios you go to and that’s what

Taras Denysenko 1:08
we do also. And wait, that’s not all.

Because if you’re also competitive dancers, whether professionally or program or amateur, we’re also accredited ballroom dance judges. So we can do enforce our opinions on the dance floor and we can place you first or last. Don’t do it.

Todd Combs 1:35
Now on this show, we’re not going to focus on trying to teach you to ballroom dance via a podcast, an audio show that’s just it’s it’s insane. That’s too much for anyone to do. We could probably do it because we’re amazing, but it’s still probably tough. What what we’ll we’ll talk about things and dancing, talk about moves. We’ll talk about stuff but you know, it’s not going to be a learning to dance show. Yeah.

Taras Denysenko 2:01
So what we are and will be discussing on the show is some ideas surrounding ballroom dancing. Anything from anything?

Todd Combs 2:11
Yeah. things you can do to improve your dancing

Taras Denysenko 2:15
topics, from music to shoes, even subjects, like when you can wear rhinestones and when you shouldn’t.

Todd Combs 2:23
And what we’re also going to do is we’ll definitely have interviews, we’re gonna interview coaches, we’re gonna interview Yeah, fellow coaches, fellow judges, fellow studio owners, teachers, students, professional competitors, we want to get all their opinions. Because usually when the students come in, they want to know, what are the judges looking for? What are if I’m doing even if it’s in studio doesn’t have to be a big competition. It could just be something you’re doing in the studio. What do What does everyone want to see work? How can I improve it? We’ll we’ll get everyone’s feedback from, from those questions.

Taras Denysenko 3:03
Yeah, that’s the crazy thing is the ballroom world can be a strange and scary place if you’re brand new to it. And even at times, even if you’re not, so that’s what we’re here for. We’re here to help lead. You see what I did there? We’re

like that.

We’re here to help lead you through this strange and beautiful world.

Todd Combs 3:24
Yes. And one of the big things is, obviously, there’s gonna be a lot more students listening to this than teachers and students have questions and we want to know, what are your questions? What do you want to talk about warming? We’ll pull our studios and see what students want to hear but we want to hear outside our studios. Now what do you want to hear us discuss what would be beneficial to you? What kind of questions do you have about dancing? And we know between us we know a lot about dancing. I’m not even trying to be conceited or but this is our This is our craft. You know, we’re really good at what we do. We know a lot about it, but I’m not going to say we knew everything and if we don’t know the answer we know someone who does know the answer. So yeah, I’m not going to say we’re not going to Oregon know every answer but we will find someone who does and will answer it for you. So, the Our email address is info at all about ballroom dancing.com. So, email in your questions, and we’ll talk about them. So, until next time, have fun on the dance floor.

And we’d like to thank MBB for supplying this song called “Do It“. You can find this song soundcloud.com/MBBOfficial