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He is from the underground nightclub scene.

Like, he was the OG here in New York City, also a co-founder of the Dance Parade, which is- Like, bonkers for me because I love the dance parade and, and he has, you know, accepted to kind of perform and lead us basically from like a ceremony to celebration.

That is amazing.

Amazing.

and collaborative partnerships.

Her work in the field extends to educator, presenter, producer, and curator for organizations such as Dance Parade, Stuffed Arts, Chapman Steamer Arts, Newberg Illuminated Festival, and Small Plates Choreography Festival, which are things that you and I have worked on together, and I'm just so proud of the work we've done together.

Carly has recently presented her dance El Corazon Se Encuentra at Small Plates Austin in September of 2025.

And so we're here to talk to Carly today about that.

But what's interesting is that transition led me to create the solo that I performed at Austin in September.

Yeah, I would say I feel like I'm neither here nor there right now in my career, but I do feel that there's a bit of some spaciousness because I'm at the moment not managing a space, a physical space, I should say.

And a lot of my work right now is with an organization called Dance Parade that I've been with for about a decade as well.

In the spring, it'll be a decade.