1. How did you become involved with dance?  I began dancing when I was 5 years old.  My first teacher was my aunt, who was a dancer herself.  The studio was a tiny elongated rectangle on the second floor of her house.  The walls were bright pink and the floor was marble tile.  A black piano stood in the corner. Music played from an old-fashioned record player, and the parents waited for their daughters in the living room.

2. What are you currently doing in the field?

I choreograph and perform as a guest with various companies in Austin, Texas.  I also teach dance at Tapestry Dance Company Academy.

3. Would you share a special moment from your career with readers?

I remember clearly the first modern dance performance I ever went to.  I sat in the audience mesmerized by the unitard-clad dancers who were moving in ways I had never imagined possible.  At that moment I decided that is what I wanted to do.  Several years later I threw my pointe shoes in the trash, and embarked upon the journey of discovering modern dance.

4. What is the best advice you have ever received from a teacher or mentor regarding dance? [Read more…]