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Sep 21, 2026
Jess WestHOST
When you're sitting in the middle of the life you've worked so hard for and it doesn't feel how you thought it would, start again can sound like the most impossible sentence in the English language.
Jess WestHOST
Jo bought a dance school at 21, before she'd even graduated.
Jess WestHOST
Ran it for nine years, roughly doubled the number of pupils.
Jess WestHOST
Then she sold it when she was pregnant.
Jo McGowanGUEST
I'd assisted in classes and really enjoyed... doing that.
Jo McGowanGUEST
So I got those teaching qualifications.
Jo McGowanGUEST
And then while I was doing my degree, I was doing a bit of part-time teaching for a dance school locally, did a lot of cover while the teacher was on jury service and all of that sort of thing.
Jo McGowanGUEST
And then she came to me and said, I'm going to be moving.
Richard VoogtGUEST
So it's interesting because as, uh, I mean, not that I remember everything, but you know, I don't remember being a dance fanatic.
Richard VoogtGUEST
It's not like I went to dance school.
Richard VoogtGUEST
And that's something that a lot of people often ask when they meet you as a teacher or they see you because they're obviously, um, impressed by your dancing skills-
VictorHOST
Mm
22 MINS LATER
VictorHOST
Mm-hmm.
Richard VoogtGUEST
Um, but when I moved to America, obviously I continued to be inspired and get into it more.
Richard VoogtGUEST
And then through that, through starting to teach and performing and having a dance school, I discovered, "Okay, well, actually I really enjoy this, and I really enjoy teaching, and I enjoy this aspect." So that helped me kind of understand, and then, yeah, then it's about, like, taking a big leap, you know, [laughs] kind of thing, you know? So-
VictorHOST
So I'm smiling here-
Bryce ConlanHOST
I don't think this is any surprise, are a proud group.
Bryce ConlanHOST
Most people don't start dance studios because they're looking to get rich.
Bryce ConlanHOST
They start them because they are passionate about the art and passing on the value that they received from the art.
Bryce ConlanHOST
Studio owners, many of you, have poured years, if not decades, into creating something that feels... wildly and deeply personal and so of course it's then only natural to believe that the thing that you've created is different and truthfully let's be real parts of it are but it's a fairly dangerous leap to go from what I've created is unique to therefore the normal rules of business don't apply here.
5 MINS LATER
Bryce ConlanHOST
Like none of those problems are unique to you.
Bryce ConlanHOST
These are known issues.
Bryce ConlanHOST
They are patterns that exist across the kind of business that you are in, Dance Studios, and all patterns exist.
Bryce ConlanHOST
have solutions.
ShamiHOST
Okay.
SaloniGUEST
And, um, Kathak Nritya Dublin is the dance school.
SaloniGUEST
Um, and from that was born Ras Kathak Company, uh, which is a conglomerate of, uh, you know, some of the senior most students and myself.
ShamiHOST
Okay.
10 MINS LATER
SaloniGUEST
I, I hope to have, um, a couple more, um, you know, cohorts.
SaloniGUEST
I want to definitely, um, focus on the kids space, uh, a little more, um, and I definitely want to have Ras, um, grow a, a hundredfold bigger.
SaloniGUEST
Work with, um, local dance schools that are doing Irish dancing, um, and Irish musicians to create some unique pieces.
SaloniGUEST
Um, Ras was awarded the Arts Act Grant-