Heart to Heart: Finding Space for Love, Motherhood, and Dance with Professional Dancer Eran Bugge

Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff

Rebecca Minkoff

Society & Culture

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Enjoy this video podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! A professional dancer's career is not easy. A complete commitment of your time, body, and most importantly your heart is required. It is for this reason that many women end their careers early or wait until later in life, after retiring, to have children. Dancer Eran Bugge is blazing a new path in the modern dance world by showing the industry that she has room in her heart for both dance and a child. Eran always assumed that she would retire and then become a mom, but then the pandemic hit and changed everything. Not ready to give up performing and not knowing when the pandemic would end, Eran and her husband decided to have a baby. After having a child and returning to dance, Eran became one of the first women since the 1980s to do so. Being a mother has allowed Eran to expand her heart even more while doing what she loves. Social Media: @eranbugge Thanks for listening! Don't forget to order Rebecca's new book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success. Follow Superwomen on Instagram. Big Ideas: -How you get started on the trajectory to becoming a professional dancer -How the world of dance is not conducive to becoming a parent -How the pandemic changed everything -Dancing while pregnant and the effects of pregnancy on a dancer’s body -Balancing life as a professional dancer and mother -How motherhood changes you as a dancer Links: paultaylordance.org/discover/dancers/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do you ever see a successful woman on your feed or in a magazine and think, wow, it must be
0:05.6	nice to have it so easy. Well, think again. Behind that glossy cover or smiling face is a ton of hard
0:12.2	work, countless failures, and endless learning experiences. I'm Rebecca Minkoff, and I'm here to tell you
0:17.8	that success isn't a walk in the park. It takes grit, resilience,
0:22.5	and a willingness to take risks. That's why I created Superwoman, a podcast that peels back the
0:27.9	varnish and gets into the nitty gritty of what it takes to make it as a woman in today's world.
0:32.6	From luminaries and game changers to women you've never heard of but should, this podcast is here to inspire
0:38.3	you to take your next leap, no matter how daunting it may seem. We'll explore the sacrifices
0:43.9	these women have made, the highs and loaves they've experienced, and the lessons they've learned
0:48.2	along the way. So if you're ready to be inspired and learn from some of the most successful
0:52.8	women out there, join me on superwomen. Together, we'll uncover the stories behind the successes and prove that
0:59.6	with hard work, determination, and a little bit of luck, anything is possible.
1:08.9	Hey, everyone, you're listening to Superwomen. Today's guest is Iran Bouch, an incredible dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Iran began her training at the Orlando Ballet School and embarked in a career where she thought she would retire at a young age and start a family. Cut to being one of the longest performing dancers at the Paul Taylor
1:28.5	Dance Company and ensuring that she was able to make family and her career work. Take a listen.
1:35.5	Iran, I'm so excited to talk to you today. I'm so excited to talk to you too. So when I saw your
1:40.8	bio come through as a former dancer and a lover of the craft.
1:46.0	I was like, ooh, I can't wait to dive in.
1:48.1	Yay.
1:48.8	So tell me about what got you interested in becoming a dancer and when?
1:54.1	I mean, you know, it's sort of like the classic story I've been in dance classes since I was three.
1:59.5	So I sort of can't remember not wanting to be a
2:03.3	dancer. And I was so blessed that, you know, I went to college for dance. I actually ended up
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