Ep. 62- Glenn & Linda Sims
Questions asked in this episode:
What were each of your transitions from high school training into your professional career? (1:37)
What do you wish you knew earlier about your body? (15:05)
Did you have a teacher or a choreographer that really changed your perception and how they did that for you within your dancing? (25:45)
33:44 Have you ever done a lot of collaboration together? What’s that process like for you guys?
Over 20 years within the same company, what was it that Ailey provided you guys and what kept you there? (41:53)
What do you wish more dancers knew? (48:20)
What do you wish more parents of dancers knew? (49:42)
Linda Celeste Sims (Bronx, NY) began training at Ballet Hispanico School of Dance and graduated from LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts. Ms. Sims has received the 2016 Inspiracion Award from Ballet Hispanico, has won Outstanding Performance at the 2014 New York Dance and Performance Awards (“The Bessies”) and most recently, she received the 2017 Dance Magazine Award. Ms. Sims has been featured on the cover Dance Magazine, and on So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing With The Stars, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Mo'Nique Show, Live with Kelly and Michael, and The Today Show. Mrs. Sims has has appeared at the White House Series, Youth America Grand Prix, Vail International Dance Festival, and galas in Budapest and Vienna, and originated featured roles by Judith Jamison, Donald Byrd, Alonso King, Dwight Rhoden, Ronald K. Brown, Mauro Bigonzetti, Jennifer Muller, Karole Armitage, Lynn Taylor Corbett, Rennie Harris, Christopher L. Huggins, and Azure Barton. She teaches master classes around the world and is a certified Zena-Rommett Floor-Barre instructor. Mrs. Sims joined the Company in 1996 and is currently the assistant to the rehearsal director.
Glenn Allen Sims (Long Branch, NJ) began classical dance training at the Academy of Dance Arts in Tinton Falls, New Jersey and was a scholarship student at The Ailey School’s Summer Intensive. Mr. Sims attended The Juilliard School under the artistic guidance of Benjamin Harkarvy. In 2004, Mr. Sims was the youngest person to be inducted into the Long Branch High School’s Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame. He has been featured on several network television programs, including BET Honors, Dancing with the Stars, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, LIVE! With Kelly and Michael, The Today Show, and So You Think You Can Dance. Mr. Sims is a master teacher, certified Zena Rommett Floor-Barre instructor, and certified pilates mat instructor. He has performed in the White House Dance Series and for the king of Morocco. Mr. Sims was featured on the cover of and wrote a featured guest blog for Dance Magazine. He has originated featured roles by Carmen De Lavallade, Judith Jamison, Lynn Taylor Corbett, Mauro Bigonzetti, Rennie Harris, and Ronald K. Brown. Mr. Sims joined the Company in 1997.
