We all know the saying “Time is money.” Throughout my career as an educator, my services have expanded from sharing knowledge at the front of the studio to include choreographer, coach, administrator, and more. In the past, I charged different rates for these activities based on factors that felt somewhat random. Though, as I have […]
As a dancer, I have always been acutely aware that putting my body on display as art could field negative criticism. I received my first “fat talk” while attending a big-name summer intensive as a teenager in 2001. Shortly after transitioning from barre to center in our morning class, I was called upon for what […]
I remember it like yesterday. Those days, when I could step to the front of my classroom and guide students through enchaînement—demonstrate the combination, offer tidbits of advice, cue my accompanist and walk around offering detailed corrections. If you told me a month ago I would be forcibly holed up in my apartment as I […]