MSP 164: Alyssa Alpine
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Translating Vision into Action with Alyssa Alpine
Whether it\\u2019s for communication, marketing, budgeting, scheduling, or meetings (and more!), we can attest to the level of detail, creativity, and make-it-happen-attitude required in the support to make dance happen! The role of the Arts Administration is dedicated to translating vision into action, and with great appreciation and admiration we introduce today\\u2019s guest, Alyssa Alpine. Alyssa, with her accompanying drive and passion, is the Founding Director of the CUNY Dance Initiative, a residency program for NYC choreographers on City University of New York (CUNY) college campuses. In our conversation with Alyssa today, we delve into the story of how her love for dance stems from both sides of her family and what has fueled her lifelong commitment. She takes us through her academic path and recounts the story of how she fell into a career as an Arts Administrator. Alyssa elaborates on the functioning of the CUNY Dance Initiative and highlights some of the challenges and peak moments she\'s encountered along her career journey. Tune in to this episode to hear more from Alyssa Alpine, a true master of wearing many hats (concurrently!) and doing them all successfully!
Key Points From This Episode:
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 We get to meet Alyssa and explore her passionate journey in the world of dance.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She talks about what got her started in dance and what made her stay
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Alyssa\'s perspective on the Midwest and why she\\u2019d find it difficult to replicate her current life elsewhere.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Hopping from one school program to another and figuring out the dance world.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Alyssa recounts the dream and plan she had had coming out of undergrad.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 We hear about her time at Columbia and her academic path.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her sentiments about living and working in New York.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Where she went after the Limon Foundation (and having had enough of the Arts world!)
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She tells the tale of how she wound up at CUNY, managing the CUNY Dance Initiative.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her dance journey amidst working and what that looked like for Alyssa.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The strengths and skills she brings to her role as an Arts Administrator.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She elaborates on the inner functions (and systems) of the CUNY Dance Initiative.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She highlights some of the challenges she\\u2019s had to overcome throughout her career.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Alyssa shares some peak moments in her career journey.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What Alyssa is energized for and currently looking forward to.\\xa0
\\u201cDance is a special thing. I think it grabs some people and others, of course, are like, \\u2018I don\\u2019t want to move I just want to sit and watch!\\u2019 But I think for those of us, as you know yourself, it touches something in you and it is just very compelling and it\\u2019s something unique.\\u201d \\u2014 Alyssa Alpine
Alyssa Alpine, the founding director of the CUNY Dance Initiative, has spent two decades in NYC\\u2019s performing arts world, with a career that\\u2019s spanned everything from rolling out marley to rolling down the steps of the NYC Public Library.
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