Mickela Mallozzi – Bare Feet Dancing All Over the World

The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates interview series on radio and podcast.  I’m Paul Vogelzang, and for all of us in The Not Old Better Show audience who love PBS Television and love dance, we have a guest today who’ll you’ll know and love…and dancing is not required, but you certainly can tap your feet, as in bare feet, right along with us today.

Thank you so much for listening.  We’ve got a great guest today, whom I’ll introduce in just a moment…But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 665th episode, and we spoke to the author, inspiring speaker, and writer Cynthia Covey Haller about her new book, written with her father, Stephen R. Covey, Live Life In Crescendo.  Two weeks ago, I spoke with  Smithsonian Associate Ari Weinzweig about his work at the company he founded, Zingerman’s Deli.  Ari offers great tips on food, business, and life.  Wonderful stuff…If you missed those shows, you can go back and check them out along with my entire back-catalog of shows, all free for you there on our website, NotOldBetter.com…and if you leave a review, we will read it at the end of each show…leave reviews on Apple Podcasts for us.

Our guest today is Smithsonian Associate Mickela Mallozzi. Professional dancer and trained musician Mickela Mallozzi is the 4x Emmy® Award-winning Host and Executive Producer of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi, a dance travel series airing on PBS.  Please check out our show notes for more details about Mickela Mallozzi’s upcoming Smithsonian Associates presentation.  Now in its 5th Season! Show host and creator, Mickela Mallozzi, began the series to combine her two passions in life: travel & dance. All 6 episodes of the upcoming Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi Season 5 feature dance and music cultures within the five boroughs of NYC. 

That, of course, is our guest today, Mickela Mallozzi talking about her new 5th Season of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi.

Please join Smithsonian Associate Mickela Mallozzi and me as experience the world together today on radio and podcast, one dance at a time!

Our review today is from Faye Rau, dated 09/28/22, and Faye says:

The Not Old Better Show is a Useful Podcast

I listened to the precious episode. Thank you very much! Every line touches the heart. It seems that I was lost in another state for a while, but now I’m back with Paul, and I love this show!

Thank you, Faye, and My thanks to Mickela Mallozzi for her generous time today, please check out our show notes for more details about Mickela Mallozzi’s upcoming Smithsonian Associates presentation. 

My thanks to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show.

My thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience on radio and podcast.  Please be well, and be safe, which I’m telling you each show, followed by my message to eliminate assault rifles. Only members of the military use these weapons.  Assault rifles are killing our children and grandchildren in the very places they learn: school.  Let’s do better.  Let’s talk about better.  The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast.  Thanks, everybody, and we’ll see you next week.  Today’s music, from the  Smithsonian Folkways Dances of the World albums, which I thought particularly relevant, and the song is titled  Tarantella From Naples, known as the Neopolitan Tarantella the dance came from the practice of pressing grapes for wine by jumping on them with one’s bare feet…Brilliant…thanks always to everyone.  

Please check out the Smithsonian Associates site for more details: 

https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/dances-of-world-1K0298