Foot In The Door

Host: John Graham

Guest: Ryan Lee-Seager

For our final installment of the current 'foot in the door' series @mrjgraham speaks with @ryanleeseager about his career. We hear about how Center Stage ignited his love for dance at the age of 15. We talk through his training at SLP and London Studio Centre. We hear about a detour to compete on the X Factor and its aftermath and how a chance meeting at London Pride led to him returning to complete his degree. He talks about choosing the right MT agent that would allow him to keep his commercial agents so he didn't have to limit himself. We speak about his love for choreography and how posting his material helped him get opportunities and gain recognition for it at an early stage leading to him being appointed Dance Captain on the first big show he booked. From there it was a whirlwind of success - Ryan's career went from strength to strength as he booked show after show in a variety of roles. His acting side came to the fore in Blood Brothers when he lived out a childhood dream of playing the lead. He then began working as an associate choreographer for multiple shows and we hear about how he took to the new role and the challenges it presented. From dancer to swing to undertsudying/playing lead roles to associate choreographer to associate director, Ryan's experience in the MT world is vast and varied. He shares some advice he would give his younger self and we finish up with a story about a job we both did for Justin Bieber many years ago.

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