Foot In The Door

Host: John Graham

Guests: Kamila Zalewska

Our next series centres on the topic of how different dancers got their break into the industry. In our first episode @mrjgraham talks with @kamilkakam about her journey from a small town in Poland to London via Nottingham. From the challenge of moving to a new country to train without a good grip on the language to her multiple attempts to get to travel and train in LA that got scuppered by the visa agreement between Poland and the USA, we hear about some of the difficulties Kamila faced on her journey. Kam also talks us through why it took her a while after graduating to really get her foot in the door of the working dance world and what she had to figure out before she felt she could establish herself. As we all know, Kamila is now an incredibly popular teacher who we regularly see on stage and screen (spoiler alert she eventually made it to LA on a working visa with one of the biggest artists in the world) but through this series we're hoping to show that, just like with Kam, everyone has a different road to success and faces their own challenges. There is not one set pathway or time frame - everyone's journey will be individual. Be on the look out all week for episodes featuring teachers and dancers from the commercial and musical theatre worlds.

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