166: Georgina Pazcoguin | Kick Axx Ballerina?
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2017
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
When Georgina Pazcoguin witnessed the second tower fall on 9/11, it codified her commitment to her ballet, something she had been practicing since preschool. Her mother urged her to quit and come home, but she doubled down knowing that the world needed the art that she could contribute to heal. In this episode, she describes the dedication and physical hardship it takes to make it into the New York City Ballet company. Despite what many people think of ballet, this is an endeavor that requires an excess of grit and determination.
Lessons:
1. When you feel exhausted from your path in life ask yourself whether this is really want to do. If the answer is yes, keep on going.
2. The journey of dedicating years, if not decades, to developing an art can be more meaningful than a meteoric rise to the top.
3. In the face of calamity, you have to honor your unique strength.
LINKS:
More about Georgina Georginapazcoguin.com
More about Orphaned Starfish https://video.aplus.com//j/zRxBDw1g/this-ballerina-is-teaching-orphaned-abused-girls-how-to-dance
From Ballet to Broadway http://tv.ivy.com/drive-from-ballet-to-broadway/
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CREDITS
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra Alexandra, Col. Tim Nye, & Dr. Delle
Synopsis – Matt Baatz
© 2017 Spartan
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Spartan up the podcast in beautiful Squaw Valley at World Championships. |
| 0:04.6 | I'm here as always with Joe DeSena and Johnny Waite, myself, Suffer, Colonel Nye, and our wonderful producer |
| 0:10.8 | and director Marion Abrams. This week we have Georgina Paskogan |
| 0:16.4 | who's the rogue ballerina and this interview... She was absolutely awesome. Yeah you |
| 0:22.0 | guys want to know what hardcore is I think ballet |
| 0:25.0 | it's pretty hardcore right Joe and the funny thing is you wouldn't necessarily tie |
| 0:28.5 | Spartan and ballet together but after meeting her, well, she's a Spartan. |
| 0:34.0 | I remember one race where somebody had to do ballet in the middle of the night in a barn. |
| 0:37.0 | We are here in LA for the World Conference with the Rogue Valerina, Georgina Pas Gogne, and half Filipino, |
| 0:50.4 | half Italian grew up in Pennsylvania. |
| 0:52.4 | Yes. |
| 0:53.4 | 17 years of training to reach the height, |
| 0:56.2 | the pinnacle of your career. |
| 0:58.2 | Right, 17 years as a professional ballerino |
| 1:00.6 | New York City ballet. |
| 1:01.6 | All right, so talk to me about that. |
| 1:02.8 | Isn't it easy to be a ballerina? |
| 1:05.6 | I wish it were. |
| 1:06.9 | I mean, you just get those little silk shoes and then it's, and then they just go. |
| 1:11.0 | Anyone can do it. Oddly enough, some people think that, and a lot of advertisements have come out. |
| 1:17.0 | It's actually been a kind of a controversy. |
| 1:20.0 | No, it's quite hard. |
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