24 Sep 2026 11:00
Throwback! S2 Ep 45 - A Look At Competitive Dance Through the Years
Guests - Clarice Ordaz and Amber Nadelkov
Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor
We are bringing back our Throwback episodes in Season 8 of Making the Impact, and today we're heading to 2021 to discuss what the competitive dance scene was like in the decades before! Enjoy this look back into the past with guests Clarice Ordaz and Amber Nadelkov. This episode originally aired on January 7, 2021.
Topics Include:
- The days before levels, age groups, and platinums
- How competition prepared our guests for their professional lives
- The quintessential convo about how small the dance world is
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