
Roman Baca
General Manager / Artistic Director
Ballet Theater Company/Exit12 Dance Company
Ballet Theater Company/Exit12 Dance Company
General Manager / Artistic Director
I strive to create positive change through the art of dance.
One of the greatest days I've ever had at work was performing one of my military-centric pieces for a classroom and then asking the students about their perceptions of war. The students engaged with each other, challenged each other's ideas, and came up with amazing new ideas. So for me, a great day at work boils down to going into a new environment, challenging perceptions, and inspiring people to create change by moving those perceptions to a place of action—that is, in essence, why I do what I do.
Here's the first step for professionals
Go out there and accumulate profound life experiences that will feed into your art and your personal development. Then find something you're passionate about, and then use your passion for that one thing to drive everything else that you do. For me, dance has been the driving force and the common thread between everything I've done, even when I was stationed in Iraq. There's going to be something within you that is dying to be put out into the world, so examine that, and then start creating it.
"Your art isn't good enough."