Do you know what happens to the brain when we improvise? How does it differ from our brain activity during hypnosis? In this episode, Actor/Improvisor, Colin Mochrie will share his eye-opening experience when he collaborated with Dr. Charles Limb to unravel how the brain works during improv. Colin found himself improvising inside an MRI scanner for 1.5 hours, and the findings revealed a decrease in activity in the brain region responsible for self-criticism, coupled with an increase in creativit...
Apr 29, 2024•49 min
What surprising moment led you to discover a passion you never knew you had? How did it transform your life? In this week's episode, Sarah "Polerina" will share her story, recounting the journey of how she serendipitously discovered her love for pole dancing while searching for activities on Groupon. She is the perfect example of someone who dared to venture beyond her comfort zone and stumbled upon something unexpectedly remarkable. In this episode: People avoid pole dance for the first time be...
Jan 29, 2024•51 min
Have you ever thought of pursuing a different career or craft? Do you want to try something new; but you’re worried that you might lose everything you’ve already worked hard for? Just take a step and start pursuing it. In this week’s episode, Actor/Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), Bruce Dow reminds us that nobody likes change. Anybody who can’t sit still, and want to do something different is free to pursue it. Slow down, take the pressure off and rest. Don’t be afraid to start all over ...
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 4 min
It’s been a second! But we are back! 🎙️🙌 There have been some major changes in my life over the past few months in my life. What an adventure life can be… am I right??? #ohboy In the last 3 months : •My relationship/marriage of 17 years came to an end •I have moved into my own place and am living alone for the very first time in my life! •Decided to start my fertility journey to see if its possible to freeze my eggs at age 39 Let’s zoom in on that last one🧐 Did you know you can actually find ...
Nov 20, 2023•15 min
Are you interested in drag but not sure how to get started? Are you a fan of drag shows and want to explore the creative world around it? In this week’s episode, Actor/Drag Queen, Noah Tremblay, takes us behind the scenes of her journey to becoming Just Peachy. She stresses the importance of seeing local drag shows and performers in allowing us to immerse ourselves in their culture and learn how personal drag is to everybody. She also recommends trying to perform in an open mic night and seeking...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Do you consider yourself a writer? I mean… we can all write. Right? Right! I think… do I have even anything to say? What if what i write sucks? Does this sounds like you? I can certainly relate! This is why I was so incredibly excited to sit down and speak with Poet/Theatre Performer/Writing Coach, David Silverberg, to gain some knowledge and insight into not only his wirting process but how those who are intersted in getting started on their writing journey can do so with as little negaitivity ...
Jun 19, 2023•52 min
Today I am relasinng a podcast workshop I gave with the wonderful Janet McMordie of Second Act Actors Podcast live from the Association Of Actinf Educators and Coaches Conference. If you have ever been curious about startgin your own podcast or wondered what goes on behind the scenes today's episode is sure to get your creative juices flowing. Enjoy!! Connect with Cue To Cue: I: @thisischelseajohnson F: @thisischelseajohnson W https://thisischelseajohnson.com/...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 41 min
Do you get frustrated when the creative process isn’t going as planned? Do you get impatient when another artist is not going in the same direction as you hoped? Patience isn’t easy, it requires constant effort and awareness to shift our mindset to remind ourselves that everyone has a different creative approach to art. Musician/Actor/Singer Jamie McRoberts will remind us in this week’s episode that our minds are unique and work differently than everyone else’s. Everyone has their own magic or s...
Jun 05, 2023•56 min
What are your hesitations or thoughts that hinder you from sharing your ideas as an artist? Are you struggling with how much you should share or who to share it to? You are not alone. In this week's episode, Actor/Playwright/Director, Griffin Hewitt will share his current challenges on discerning which content to sit with or put out. He reminds us that we don't have to figure it out on our own and we don't always need to be the voice in the project for our ideas to live. We can leverage the skil...
May 22, 2023•55 min
Are you an acting coach but can’t find a community to guide you? Are you an acting educator who wants to update your teaching skills and knowledge? In this week’s episode, Actor/Painter/Teacher/Activist, Jennifer Wigmore would take us on a journey on how AACE was established to create a community amongst acting coaches and educators in Canada. AACE members share best practices and create standards for performers and workers in the entertainment industry. Together we can make acting training safe...
May 08, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Today we are going for a solo round! Woot! Woot! I was going to do an episode about my takeaways from a recent event I went to to hear the winderful Elizabeth Gilbert speak but that'll have to wait as life has thrown me a spicy curve ball this week and I had to share! Listen and find out how I have pivoted to stay in alignment with my creative goals and vision. Sometimes when life gives you lemons.. you need to switch to limes ;) PIVOOOOOOT! #Rossforever Don't Wait To Create! Follow Cue To Cue! ...
May 01, 2023•17 min
Are you worried that you don’t belong in just one single creative community because the way that you want to make art is in multiple directions? Go ahead and pursue your passions, whatever that looks like! In this week’s episode, Actor/Writer Vanessa Smythe will encourage us to follow whatever creative currents flow within us. She reminds us to honour the whispers of our creativity and worry less about the perception of other people. In this episode: The challenges that Vanessa had to overcome w...
Apr 03, 2023•57 min
In celebration of International Women's Day this month we are sharing a selection of some of the winderful women that have graced Cue To Cue with their wisdom, strength, vulnerability, and creativity! Be prepared to to get your cup filled and be inspired by these souful artists! In order of appearance: Heather Christine- Vocalist/Recording Artist/Educator Julia Juhas- Performing Artist/ Embodied Mindful Movement Coach Pastel Supernova- Choreographer/Burlesque Performer Lucy Russell- Actor/Coach/...
Mar 13, 2023•37 min
I released this episode over a year ago. After watching Chris Rock's comedy special made me want to re release this epsisode. I went back and listened to it and I still feel the same way. I am not certain of many things these days but there is one thing that has become very clear to me. That the pervasive cancel culture that has become prevalent in our culture is a threat to art. If we are not careful it will prevent us ( society) as a whole from exploring meaningful ideas and impede the making ...
Mar 06, 2023•6 min
Would you rather perform in front of thousands of people or a handful of strangers? Does performing in a small crowd bring out the shy introvert version of you? Surprisingly, many of us are shy and it manifests in different ways. Singer/Actor, Alana Bridgewater, will join us in this week’s episode to reminds us that it’s okay to constantly search for ways to overcome shyness and solve your challenges as an artist. You can have an arsenal of different things that can help you cope with the demand...
Feb 20, 2023•54 min
This week on Cue To Cue- The Peroformer's Podcast we are talking resistance! One of the most important things we can learn as an artist is how to get curious about our resitance to exlporing, sharing , and expressing ceratin ideas, expreriences and emotions. If we don't learn how to meet ourselves in our resistance and figure out what works for us to address our fears and blocks then we will not evolve as artists. Today, I am sharing my experience about moving throughmy own resistance and some t...
Feb 06, 2023•19 min
Are you having a hard time finding the light at the end of the tunnel? This journey can be full of twists and turns and ups and downs and all arounds. It is inevitable. Our realtionship to ourselves and our environment are the very things that will determine how we navigate our journey. Today's episode is there to help us remember ourselves. You are talented, you are worthy and you have the skills to achieve your dreams! You are allowed to have the things you want. This week, Performing Artist a...
Jan 30, 2023•1 hr 11 min
What does your creative process look like? Do you listen to certain genres of music to get your creative juices running? D you collaborate with other artists to help you drill drown on what you want to achieve with your art? Joining us this week is Performer/Drummer, Troy Sexton, who will share his own journey in fine tuning his creative process. He inspires us to be authentic and persevere despite the different roadblocks that we may face as artists. He also reiterates that we need people that ...
Jan 16, 2023•49 min
Happy New year!! 2023 is in full swing! This is not a rah- rah! Pump you up! Hype episode of of Cue To Cue. I do not subscribe to the whole new years resolution thang. I do, however, believe in taking stalk of where you are and connecting to where you would like to aim that arrow of creative vision for your life and figuring out how to get there! If you social feed looks anything like mine right now, it is saturated with people talking about new years resolutions, manifesting, health goals etc e...
Jan 09, 2023•17 min
What is the worst rejection or failure you experienced as an artist? What helped you recover from that undertaking? Don't let it shut down your passion; you can pause and heal at your own pace. Vocalist/Recording Artist/ Educator, Heather Christine, will share how she found her creative self after going through a season of rejection in her life. By surrounding herself with artists and continuously using her gifts, she was able to pursue the creative life she desires. Keep the faith, don't stop d...
Dec 19, 2022•56 min
Was there a role that you really wanted but didn't get? How did you feel about that experience? It's ok to have a good cry about it! Actor/Coach/Creative Lucy Russell enlightens us in this week's episode that when we lose a role that we really want, it's the same as losing a person; our hearts do not know the difference. Let's be kinder to ourselves and allow these feelings to come up in a wave and get them out of our body. You are not alone in going through these seasons of rejection; what's me...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 12 min
What are the stories you want to share and why are your and stories and experences important? These are questions that Comedian/Actor/Author Ali Hassan has had to answer when he created his memoir, Is There Bacon In heaven? In this week's episode, he will take us on a journey of how following his curiosity and thirst to know more about his own identity has led him to some of the most full-filling artistic experiences. How honouring and sharing his life's experiences has been key to creating. Mos...
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 20 min
So, here is the thing. If you have a dream. A goal. A vision. A desire bigger than yourself (However you relate to that feeling inside you that drives you to step out of your comfort zone and into the unknown). You need discipline. There is no way around it. Being inconsistent with anything will not allow that idea to get enough momentum to fly past your reach and make the impact you want it to. But a lot of people struggle with discipline. You are not alone. I recently have found myself struggl...
Sep 19, 2022•8 min
Do you hate promoting yourself and you work as an artist? I get it. I used to have all sorts of “head junk” around self-promotion. I used to have all of the thoughts “I don’t want to bother anyone”, “no one is going to come anyway”, These thoughts I used to your think. It was really just to keep me playing small so I didn’t have to level up. Then I actually worked in sales and got to see how it actually works and it totally changed everything! If you get weird about getting yourself out there! T...
Aug 29, 2022•11 min
Is doubt stopping you from starting a new project? Are you worried about the possible consequences to your career? Don’t ignore it! Doubt is normal; you can invite it as part of your creative process instead of wrestling with it. This week, Actor/Singer/Writer Jake Epstein, share the discoveries has made along journey in relationship to doubt, fear, and anxiety. He has learned that welcoming fear in life can be helpful and humanizing if we accept it; instead of pretending to be confident and oka...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Is your creative spirit calling you to pursue a different passion? Are you torn between staying in your comfort zone versus starting a new creative journey? Don’t fret, you’re not alone in this conundrum. This week, Performer/Director/Educator, Kaylee Harwood inspires us to live by design instead of default. She will take us on a journey how her stint as a swing enabled her to see the bigger picture which empowered her to pursue the creative world of directing. In this episode: Kaylee’s health b...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 11 min
What is the biggest issue that is plaguing us as a society? Is it climate change? COVID? Actor/Activist, Ali Momen, firmly believes the most significant challenge facing society today is faction and division. He implores us that if we don’t collaborate to solve the different challenges we are facing today, we will not get anything done to solve these eminent challenges facing society both locally and globally. He also encourages us to have a cultural shift in how we engage with each other. and b...
Aug 08, 2022•52 min
On this weeks solo round of Cue To Cue, I am exploring something that keeps coming up for me lately. Starting over. The idea of starting over, frankly, has always scared me. It has always made me feel like I have failed in someway. Like I am moving backwards. But recently, I have come to realize and embody the notion that every time we start over we are not starting over as who we were the first time we started our journey with that particular subject or area of life. “Don't be afraid to start o...
Jul 25, 2022•8 min
What are your challenges in songwriting? Do you fear that whatever you want say through your music isn’t going be relatable profound or good? Are you worried that people wouldn’t want to listen to your songs? You are not alone ! This week, the Lunar Bloom Band, a Female Folk Trio, are sharing how being in a band helped them address these creative bloclks in their songwriting career. We tend to minimize to keep our selves safe from feeling vulnerable but then we limit the size of the art we can m...
Jul 18, 2022•59 min
Does it feel scary to you share or express your sexuality in your work? Is it integrated into your creativity or is compartmentalized and stored away only to come out at certain times? What were taught about sex and sexuality? Is it private? Is it public? Is it shameful? Is it beautiful? Burlesque sensation Pastel Supernova is joining the conversation on Cue To Cue! She is sharing her experience as a burlesque dancer and busting myths and educating us about the art form. The freedom, play, and h...
Jul 11, 2022•58 min
