Find 20+ interviews with leading figures in the dance community. Conducted by William Stout, founder of The Will to Dance. This page will continue to be updated as more interviews are edited and conducted.

Our Interviews

Bennett, Sean - Community Scholarship Program Alumni, Former Corps de Ballet at San Francisco Ballet

Boal, Peter - Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director, New York City Ballet Principal Dancer, Author of Illusions of Camelot

Burden, Jake - Founder of Ballet Brothers

Doll, Peter - School Director at Los Gatos Ballet, CPYB Alumni, Former Miami City Ballet Corps de Ballet

Farley, Silas - New York City Ballet & School of American Ballet Alumni, Armstrong Artist in Residence at Southern Methodist University

Forster, Thomas - Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theater, Author of My Daddy Can Fly

Glass, Naomi - Director of Access Programs at Pacific Northwest Ballet

Gormley, Scott - Director of Danseur

Gunter, Mickey - School Director at Centralia Ballet Academy

Hernández, Esteban - Principal Dancer at San Francisco Ballet

Hipolito Jr., Eric - DanceChance Alumni, Former Faculty at Pacific Northwest Ballet

Holmes, Grace - School Director at San Francisco Ballet

Huynh, Jasmine - Associate Director of Education at San Francisco Ballet

McRae, Steven - Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet

Rojo, Tamara - Artistic Director at San Francisco Ballet

Risner, Doug PhD - Distinguished Faculty Fellow & Professor of Dance at Wayne State University

Sakuragi, Kuu - DanceChance Alumni, Soloist at Pacific Northwest Ballet

Snipe Jr., Michael - The Juilliard School, Alvin Ailey II, Twyla Tharp & Billy Joel's Movin' Out

Staines, Mavis - Former Artistic Director at National Ballet School of Canada

Thatcher, Myles - Soloist & Choreographer at San Francisco Ballet

Vadacchino, Michael - Co-founder & CEO of boysdancetoo

Walsh, Joesph - Principal Dancer at San Francisco Ballet

Wharton, Quinn - Dance Chance Alumni, Photographer & Videographer

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