#38 - Tsilala Brock: Standards of Excellence

Tsilala Brock is letting life thrill her, though she originally had
trouble with coming to terms with her multi-hyphenate identity. Her
journey was calling upon skills and proficiencies that she didn’t
necessarily study in college. Why do we feel guilt when moving away
from our past? Yet Tsilala would experience her multi-hyphenate
mindset and would help her on the national tour of Book of Mormon,
as she was both a dance captain and swing. But how would her
experience with Book of Mormon help Tsilala become a fully flushed
out and inspired multi-hyphenate? In this episode, we discuss the
importance of discipline, rest, and listening to our bodies.
Tsilala has become a consummate multi-hyphenate and lives by the
guideline of “the life that you want is on the other side of
discipline.” While Tsilala is producing a podcast, and writing
JuneBug the Musical - she often has to pay attention to health,
exhaustion, and mental capacity. Thankfully, she has found small
ways we all can implement rest into our daily practices - even if
they don’t seem like restful actions.  What do you do for
yourself? How do you implement rest into your life? Just as much as
it’s important to be active in your artform, it’s just as important
to rest - especially in these overstimulation times. Tune in to
this extremely powerful and inspirational episode that will get you
invigorated to implement rest into your daily practice. 
Tsilala recently completed a two year position as Assistant Dance
Captain/Swing with The Book of Mormon 2nd National Tour. Currently
she's producing and co hosting a new podcast called 'UNCK! Getting
comfortable with uncomfortable conversations' which was recently
awarded a grant from the Adobe Community Residency Fund. Other
theater credits include: Parable of the Sower (The Public Theater/
NYU Abu Dhabi/ Singapore International Festival of the Arts),
Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing (Cincinnati
Playhouse/STLRep), The Color Purple (Troika Bermuda), and Twelfth
Night (Martha's Vineyard Playhouse). TV/Film credits: Mysteries of
Laura, Happyish, Broad City, Canaries (indie film - Boston Sci
Fest) and Bushwick Beats (indie film).  Visit
www.Tsilala.com  Her podcast UNCK! hosts uncomfortable
conversations using the UNCK! House: a tool for navigating
conversations. The tool is showcased in our IG LIVES in
collaboration with Ashley Kate Adam’s and BYOP and Lake Arbor’s
Teen Summit. Follow us for more information at www.unck.org Connect
with Michael: @themichaelkushner (IG and TikTok)
@dearmultihyphenate (IG) www.michaelkushneronline.com Produced
by Alan Seales and the Broadway Podcast Network.
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