Nancy Dobbs Owen has performed throughout the United States, with both ballet and modern

companies and then as a ballerina and a Meg cover in the National Tour of Andrew Lloyd

Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Regional theater includes productions at American

Musical Theatre of San Jose, The Magic Theater, 42nd St. Moon, and Berkeley Opera. LA

theatre includes Theatre of Note, The Alex Theater, The Hudson Theater, The Santa Monica

Playhouse, and Lucy in the Production Company’s critically acclaimed Sweeney Todd.

Additional Los Angeles credits include starring in the West Coast premiere of The Bridge Club at

Deaf/West Theatre and a ballerina role in Nixon in China with the LA Philharmonic at Disney

Hall.

Film and television work includes Sia’s directorial debut; Music as well as Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,

American Princess, VEEP, the 2019 Deadwood feature, and Netflix’s Ratched.

Choreography credits include Skeleton Stories (Best Choreography Nomination,

BroadwayWorld.com), Have You Seen Alice, and Welcome to the White Room (Outstanding

Choreography, Small Theater) at Theatre of NOTE, Assassins with Sight Unseen Theatre, M.

Butterfly, Sweeney Todd (Seven Ovation nominations), Working (Outstanding Choreography,

Small Theater) and Enron (Outstanding Choreography, Small Theater), all at the Production

Company, The Snow Queen (Memorable Choreography, Small Theater) at the Fremont Centre

Theatre, Where's Charley for 42nd St. Moon, as well as additional choreography for I’d Rather

Be Right at the Hudson Theater, Dolls! at the Santa Monica Playhouse and Pacific Opera

Project's The Mikado. She served as the resident choreographer for the Marina Del Rey

Symphony’s Summer Dance Concert, creating 4 original ballets.

Film and video choreography includes the music video for the Band Pie's gorgeous song Yo Se,

a flash mob scene for the hot web series Squad 85, My Life on the F List, the feature films

Hollywood Fringe and Ghost Light, and Lullaby, a Zombie Musical. Commercial work includes

four national spots for Big Lots and a web video for Poise. With Weyward Sisters Productions,

she created two dance films; Surrender to the Mystery and Nevada Line. The 2018 dance film

Too Many Bodies, has been accepted into over 30 film festivals including SF International

Dance Film Festival, the Santa Barbara International Dance Film Festival, and the Sedona

International Film Festival. It has won numerous best of awards. Films released in 2022;

Floating Falling Flying and Fragmentary Evidence; Detritus were also featured at multiple

festivals, winning awards for best choreography, direction, and best dance film.

She made her LA directorial debut in August 2012 directing and choreographing SkyPilot

Theatre's smash hit War Bride, which received rave reviews, an extension and 7 StageScene

LA awards, including Outstanding Direction of a Play. She made her Fringe Festival Directorial

debut in 2015 with Skanky Me From Kankakee, which received a producers' encore

presentation. 2019’s Rewind, a New 80’s Pop Musical, earned the same honor. She has also

worked with Fierce Backbone and Fresh Produc'd on new works.

Nancy is a dedicated dance educator, currently an assistan

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Rachel Fine is a board-certified Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with advanced certifications in Eating Disorders (CEDS-C), Sports Nutrition (CSSD), and Intuitive Eating. Rachel founded To The Pointe Nutrition in 2013, and built The Healthy Dancer® curriculum with the mission to provide credible nutrition education to all dancers, including dance parents and dance educators worldwide.

The Healthy Dancer® combines Rachel’s expertise in performance nutrition with a non-diet and weight-inclusive approach to food and body image. Rachel specializes in nutrition for dancers, with a focus on eating disorders, disordered eating, orthorexia, and perfectionism.

With a Masters degree in Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics from New York University, Rachel completed her Dietetic Internship at NYU Langone Medical Center and at The Mount Sinai Hospital. After receiving licensure, Rachel joined the staff at NYU Langone Medical Center as a Clinical Dietitian. Past academic appointments include Clinical Adjunct Instructor of Medical Nutrition Therapy at New York University and Adjunct Professor of Sports Nutrition at Long Island University.

Rachel's experience spans further with research at NYU Langone's Harkness Center for Dance Injuries. Rachel is also a monthly columnist for Dance Magazine, Pointe Magazine, and Dance Teacher Magazine. In addition to her private practice, Rachel is the consulting dietitian for Dance Masterclass and Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP), as well as the on-site dietitian for The School of American Ballet.

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Raul Machorro shares his story from a young child with no dance experience to The High School of Performing Arts in Houston to The Houston Ballet and on to Los Angeles as a dancer. His story is compelling and one that shows to never

Raul loves sharing his passion for fitness and dance with everyone he meets! He's a master teacher for Equinox and has choreographed for Coca-Cola, Los Angeles Opera, The Latin Grammy’s, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Taio Cruz, Santa Barbara Opera and many more. His dance credits include many shows, commercials and he recently wrapped Holey Moley 2 on ABC.

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Terry V. Eagan, M.D. is a prominent Beverly Hills psychiatrist, founder and CEO of Eagan Medical Group, LLC., a thriving mental health practice treating over 2000 patients annually. His private patients have included leaders in industry, politics, and performers from television, music and film, many of whom have been at the extremes of celebrity. Dr. Eagan is an expert in the complexities of mental health and addiction treatment and he specializes in effective treatment regimens for all types of emotional distress that often can arise from being in positions of responsibility and public attention.

Dr. Eagan is a highly respected and sought after consultant who has served as Medical Director for several addiction and eating disorder treatment centers throughout Los Angeles including Monte Nido Residential Treatment Center, Carousel Transitional Living and the Eating Disorder Center of California. His range of specialties includes primary psychiatric conditions, eating disorders, substance-abuse disorders, impulse control disorders, trauma & abuse, human sexuality and spiritual therapy. Dr. Eagan's treatment approach incorporates pharmacologic interventions with evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapies, adjunctive modalities and traditional spiritual practices.

Dr. Eagan is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology and Medical Board of California as a physician and surgeon License #G067163, and he is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners. He served as chief resident in
psychiatry at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Medicine from 1990-1992 and he also helps shape healthcare policy in The United States as a consultant to the Physician's Advisory Board of the National Republican Congressional Committee, serving as Honorary Chairman for the State of California.

Dr. Eagan is an internationally respected physician, lecturer and consultant. An expert in Professional Ethics and Compassion Fatigue, Dr. Eagan has guided training programs for individual practitioners, multinational corporations, public school systems, community health centers, law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and universities. He has been involved in numerous psychopharmacology studies for eight international pharmaceutical companies and he lectures on psychopharmacology to physicians across the United States.

Dr. Eagan has been featured in dozens of publications, including Variety, Forbes, New York Magazine, and has appeared as a mental health consultant on several radio and television programs, including the Today Show.

Beata: has had a career in nursing, business development, training, executive leadership, mentoring and spiritual direction. Her experience speaks to her roles as a change agent and a connector of people both nationally and internationally. She is able to honor an individual’s strengths and uniqueness leaving a lasting impression through the lens of kindness, openness, service compassion, and radical hospitality.

Beata received a certificate in the Art of Spiritual Direction and serves as a spiritual companion to both individuals and and treatment centers. She is a retreat leader and the co founder of Prayer for Compassion, and agency which offers group training and facilitation, guided retreats for private one on one experiences and organizations.

Beata’s foundational personal journey and professional experience guides others in the art of deep listening, storytelling, sharing of faith stories, spiritual growth, contemplative and intentional spiritual practices and personal discernment of life transitions

Now Beata and Dr Eagan

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Lauren Gaul has a multifaceted professional career performing as a Radio City Rockette for over 10 years appearing in the national touring company and on the great stage at Radio City Music Hall. She was also a Rockette swing for three years and worked under the direction of; Linda Haberman, Julie Branam, Dennis Callahan, Becky Downing, and Eileen Grace. As a Rockette she appeared in numerous media tours, events, and parades and on stages such as Radio City Music Hall, the Grand Ol’ Opry, the Wang (Boston), and the Fox (Detroit). She choreographed the Drama League Nominated production of Tennessee Williams's The Mutilated starring Mink Stole and Penny Arcade (off Broadway). Her choreography has been presented at Jacob's Pillow Inside Out, Jazz Dance World Congress Emerging Artist Event, Broadway Dance Center, SUNY Purchase, Pace University, Jazz at Lincoln Center and many more. She assistant choreographed shows off Broadway, for regional theater (MSMT), for awards shows (Elan Awards), industrials (Footlocker, Izod, Sesame Street etc.), and cruise lines (Princess, Celebrity), and assistant choreographed for Broadway Bares for three years under the direction of Jerry Mitchell and Denis Jones.

She graduated cum laude with a degree in dance performance from Oklahoma City University under the tutelage of Director Jo Rowan and returned to school to get her MFA in dance performance and teaching from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College. While at Purchase she was a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Kazuko Hirabayshi and Roz Newman. For her graduate research she reconstructed a Ruth Currier piece under the direction of Ann Vachon and Alan Danielson of the Limon foundation. In her graduate concerts she worked with many repetiteurs, such as Jim May (Sokolow Foundation), Regina Larkin (Joyce Tristler foundation), The Nagrin Foundation and performed pieces choreographed by Max Stone, Cherice Barton, Daniel Nagrin, Pedro Ruiz, Mark Morris, Joyce Trisler, and Anna Sokolow.

Lauren is an Associate Professor of dance and the Associate Executive Director of Sands College of Performing Arts at Pace University where she co-wrote and co-founded the BFA Commercial Dance program in 2012. She served for five years as Co-Director of the BFA program and directed the Dance Out Loud concert as well as the Senior Showcase. She recently stepped in as Interim Program Head of the BFA Commercial Dance program where she teaches courses in Jazz Pedagogy, Jazz Technique I and III, Ballet Pedagogy, Dance History, Senior Seminar, Senior Project, Freshman Seminar UNV 101 and more. Her other teaching credits include: Broadway Dance Center, New Dance Group, Dance Masters of America, Perry Mansfield, The Rockette Experience, Oklahoma City University, MacComb College, SUNY Purchase School of the Arts and Conservatory of Dance, NYCDA SDI, The Arts Council of Pennsylvania, and numerous other schools, studios, conventions, and intensives nationwide. Lauren is an ABT® certified teacher from Primary to level 5 and was an Artist in Residence and Director of Dance at the New York School for the Deaf where she created and taught a dance program for students from kindergarten to high school. Lauren Gaul currently lives in Bergen County, New Jersey with her husband, and two daughters, she is an avid watercolor painter and crocheter and loves summers on the Connecticut coast line.

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When you recover, you can do almost anything… ✨

Join us as we welcome Maggie Felmann to the TuTu Thin Podcast! Maggie, an Eating Disorder Coach and passionate animal advocate, shares her incredible journey—from battling an unforgiving eating disorder to rescuing animals during the LA fires and helping others heal.

Growing up as a young artist in West LA, Maggie faced the pressures of perfection firsthand. After years of struggle, she made a promise to herself: to guide others toward recovery. Now, with training from the Carolyn Costin Institute and a deep well of personal experience, she helps her clients reclaim their voices, their lives, and their future.

Recovery is possible. Healing is real. And Maggie is living proof.

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Professor Inês Pinto, MD, Ph.D., is a renowned Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist from Portugal and one of only three specialists in her field in the country to hold a Ph.D. She graduated from Porto Medical School in 2008 at the age of 23, having entered the program at just 17. Alongside her medical career, Inês has a background in classical ballet, an early passion that informs her ongoing interest in the mental health of performing artists.
Currently, serves as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, the Catholic University Medical School, and the Institute of Applied Psychology (ISPA). She is also a certified trainer in the Circle of Security International R Model, a clinical intervention framework grounded in Attachment Theory and Reflexive Functioning, designed to support parents, educators, and mental health professionals.
In clinical practice, Professor Pinto specializes in Eating BehaviorDisorders, Perinatal Psychiatry, and Early Childhood Support, working within Portugal’s Public Health System. She is also the supervisor of the Research Committee at the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at Beatriz Ângelo Hospital in Lisbon.
Her contributions extend beyond clinical and academic work. Professor Pinto is an active member of the Portuguese Association of Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Psychotherapy (Poiesis) and the international mental health advisory group for the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS). She advises on dancers’ mental health at the Lisbon Dance Department of the National Conservatoire, merging her psychiatric expertise with her lifelong connection to the arts.

Isira Makuloluwe, B.Sc., MA is an acclaimed British-Sri Lankan choreographer with over 30 years of experience in contemporary dance and theatre. While earning a degree in Molecular Biology, he trained in ballet and completed his studies at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in New York. His performance career spanned America and Europe, showcasing a diverse repertoire in ballet, modern, and contemporary dance.

Since 2000, Isira has gained recognition as a groundbreaking choreographer, creating 20 original works in dance and physical theatre. He led his own dance company in France for over a decade, becoming the only British choreographer to secure fixed-term funding there. He has also choreographed for companies like the Geneva Opera Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre (UK). Among his accolades are being a finalist at the Japan International Dance Competition (2001) and winning the Best Choreography Prize at the Kuopio International Festival (2003).

In 2008, Isira launched Dynamic Releasing©, an innovative training method enabling participants to develop technical skills through innate movement pathways and sensory memory. The system empowers students to channel or overcome personal trauma, fostering growth and self-expression. His method has been taught in over a dozen countries worldwide.

With an MA in TV Journalism and Documentary Film, Isira also directs award-winning documentaries, including Shadow of the Bull (2014), which won the British Journalism Training Council’s Best Documentary Award.

Based in Portugal since 2011, Isira directs Ericeira Dance Studio, a movement research hub offering classes, internships, and residencies.

Links: @dynamicreleasing

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In this episode I explore holiday traditions that I have enjoyed. Traditions are important in eating disorder recovery because they replace the rituals.

What are your favorite holiday traditions?

We will resume podcasts on January 10th.

Happy Holidays to everyone and Thank you for listening.

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