Articles
Cinderella Synopsis and Fun Facts
The only Cinderella I ever performed was choreographed by Stanton Welch in 1997. It was one of a very long list of ballets that I performed with David McAllister. In very typical Stanton style, the pas de deux were staggeringly beautiful and incredibly difficult,...
Full Time Ballet Training in Germany – A Chat with Jack
I would like to introduce a former student of mine, Jack Stromland, who is currently attending full time ballet training in Germany. Jack was a student of my Semi Professional Program for two years, in which time he made incredible progress. I had an informal chat...
Noise Phobic Dancer
I thought I might tell you all about how and why I developed my intrinsic foot muscles – The simple reason was that I couldn’t bear hearing myself dance, and would go to great lengths to reduce my own noise level. I was a noise phobic dancer!! Unconsciously, I was...
La Sylphide Synopsis and Fun Facts
I was fortunate enough to be awarded a scholarship for overseas travel in 1995. As part of my journey, I went to the Royal Danish Ballet to be coached by world renowned Danish ballerina - Lis Jeppesen. This short period of my career was very special, I worked very...
2013 Dancer Profiles
2013 Dancer Profiles is all about celebrating dancers who have done the hard yards in the ballet studio and finally realised their dream. As teachers, it is commonplace that students enter our lives stage right and exit stage left, very rarely are they ever centre...
