Episode 75
#75 - Embracing Change w/ Dante Basco
Change is inevitable. It can also mean reinvention. Every person is on their own journey with their own timelines, goals, challenges, failures & wins. What happens when you reach a goal & it's as amazing (or not) as you thought, then what? What about addressing new priorities, or life events that prompt unexpected realizations about your career, your love life, your purpose, or all of the above? In this episode of First Of All, Minji sits down with actor, producer & poet Dante Basco. From his early days as a b-boy dancer with his brothers to working with Spielberg playing Rufio in Hook as a teenager to a new career wave as Prince Zuko in Avatar: Last Airbender to poetry & producing films, Dante knows a thing or five about learning how to navigate change. Whether you're 15 or 50, it's the most constant part of life that we all can use help in embracing. We can also learn how to take ownership, define our purpose, & have a little fun while we're doing it. Bangarang!
This week's guest:
- Dante Basco - @dantebasco
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Don't miss an all AAPI production of HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts at The Public in NYC
The National Asian American Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of HENRY VI: A TRILOGY IN TWO PARTS brings an all-AANHPI cast to The Public Theater for a decades-spanning saga of Joan of Arc, warring dukes, and the bloody birth of the War of the Roses. Adapted by Stephen Brown-Fried, this is Shakespeare like you've never experienced it. Part 1: Foreign Wars opens with a king dead, an infant on the throne, and a country already coming apart at the seams. Part 2: Civil Strife picks up nearly 30 years later...and the bloodbath is yet to come. Simmering feuds explode into the War of the Roses, and nothing will ever be the same. Performances from June 9 through July 19! Use code H6BC for $59 tickets!
