"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."
~Friedrich Nietzsche

Committed teaching artist, professor, performing artist, writer, founder, photographer, choreographer, and mother, who has worked in NJ, NY, CT, ME, and PA. Trained, danced, or collaborated with former members of Joffrey, Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo, NYCB, ABT, Mongolian Opera, and Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. Taught, guested, and lectured diverse student populations, including preschool through dance professionals, university students, adults, and senior citizens. Founded schools and companies, created small works and full length ballets, built curricula, and instituted countless outreach services and events.

Known for inventing innovative teaching methods. Possess infectious energy and enthusiasm, and love to inspire everyone in the room. Create dancers who appreciate history, etiquette, vocabulary, emerging learnings, and holistic movement. Deliver teachings with playful humor, a method shaped and inspired by dearest teachers, gleaning wit from Dermot Burke, spirit from Sherry Alban, and frank ludicrousness from Claudia Gittleman. Cultivate dancers who are technical, expressive, versatile, compassionate, who can work in an ensemble, yet possess a passionate originality.

Trained vibrant dancers who perform in all mediums of dance, from classical ballet companies, to Broadway and sports, including Boston Ballet, School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet School, Kirov Washington, North Carolina School of the Arts, Nutmeg Conservatory, St Louis Ballet, Missouri Ballet Theatre, Pa Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, New Chamber Ballet, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Ballet Augsburg, First State Ballet Theatre, Pittsburg Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, National Tour of Hamilton, NY Knicks City Dancer, NJ Devils Dance Director, and Radio City Rockettes.

Approach teaching as a creative experience, ever taking classes, inventing, discovering, guiding and inspiring. Current projects include marketing Baa Baa Ballet, a comprehensive Preschool Dance Curriculum.  Authoring Grunt if You Understand, a collection of memorable visualizations for Ballet Instruction that help students retain ballet terminology, have a better understanding of alignment, turnout, execution, weight placement, and balance, and encourages them to work correctly, safely, and organically.  Researching dance based body preservation for Bal-Longevit-et training curriculum.

Mother of four children, 2 of whom are dancers! Proprietor of Ballerina Biker Photography. Competitive archer holding state and sectional titles. Enjoy family, motorcycling, camping, skiing, and time on the water.