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My
Background
It may help you to know that I was a late bloomer in ballet, beginning in my 20s after several years of modern dance.
Once
I knew that ballet was my true love, I went into total-immersion ballet training, continuing for 25 years in New York with
the major teachers of the Cecchetti, English, and Russian schools: Anthony Tudor, Margaret Craske, Alfredo Corvino, Vincenzo
Celli, Maggie Black, Igor Schwezoff, Leon Danielian, David Howard, Finis Jhung, Gabriella Darvash, Nadine Revene, Julia Barashkova,
and Byron Mitchell.
I am an ABTŪ Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABTŪ
Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through Level 3 of the American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum.
Beating the Odds
Some of my ballet teachers told me early on that I could not achieve this technique, starting so late. They were wrong. I
mastered the technique, and danced onstage with the New Jersey Classic Ballet, New York Ballet Players, Ballet Concepts, Ballet
Images, and many others. For a short time I lived my dream to the fullest, and soon graduated to the deeply satisfying life
of teacher and mentor to those who love ballet as much as I do.
Passing it On
The delayed beginning helped me as a teacher. I remember perfectly what the problems were and how I solved them. I remember
what it took to keep going through hard times.
My late, great teacher, Byron Mitchell, showed me how much more rapidly a dancer can develop with a private ballet coach.
He gave me the final push to a professional-level technique.
Thus, when I began teaching, I knew that the one-on-one
approach was the right road for me.
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