Katherine Hartsell - Founder of Jai-Dee Dancewear -009

Inspiration is one of those mysteries that can’t be planned or
controlled or forced, it can only be experienced. And often
inspiration comes in the unlikeliest of times and through the
unlikeliest of conduits. 


When our guest, Katherine Hartsell, stepped away from dancing
professionally with Boston Ballet, she decided to give herself
some breathing room away from the ballet.


Not long after, her daughter Kritsana, came into her life. 


Unbeknownst to Kath, her daughter Kritsana was just the blessing
and motivator to a vast amount of inspiring moments that would
lie ahead for Kath.


In the simple act of re-entering the theater by taking her
daughter to see the ballet, Katherine’s whole heart re-emerged
for the art form, not only through seeing ballet through the
fresh, child like excitement of her daughter, but through
recognizing the magnificent female artists on and off stage who
have been a part of her community all along.


And with that, the ‘smoothie’ of sorts as Katherine wonderfully
refers to it later on in this episode, began to come together.
With the influence of her past as a professional dancer, her
Thai-American daughter, her commitment to simplicity and
sustainability, and celebrating women who dance, she founded
Jai-Dee Dancewear, a sustainable leotard company that benefits
the arts. 


 


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