Ingrid Silva - The Boundary-Breaking Ballerina on Changing The Dance World, Finding Strength In Motherhood, And The Power of Community

About this episode

Ingrid Silva discusses her journey as a ballerina and the impact of motherhood and community on her life.

Today’s guest is Ingrid Silva, the Harlem-based ballerina who was born in Rio de Janeiro, and began dancing at 8-years-old, after a neighbor fatefully told her mother about a nearby dance class. Noted for her natural talent from the very start, Ingrid ended up dancing for the next 10 years before moving to New York at 18 after being awarded a scholarship to the Dance Theatre of Harlem’s summer program. Despite not knowing any English when she arrived, and wrestling her own doubts and cr...

People in this episode

Host: Katie Hintz-Zambrano

Guest: Ingrid Silva

Topics covered

• dance
• motherhood
• community
• strength
• cultural change

Keywords

• ballerina
• dance
• motherhood
• community
• strength
• cultural change
• Harlem
• Rio de Janeiro

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dance Theatre of Harlem

Places: Harlem, Rio de Janeiro

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