: About Me

Raised in southern Connecticut on Long Island Sound. Beaches and lakes and miles of woodland. An artiste at heart, trained in the classical ballet, always felt slightly out of place. Hated to love NYC, and hated to leave it, too. The epi-center of Art and Culture and Dance, prepared me for a life in the Arts. Lived in Europe, SE Asia, traveled much of the globe. Settled here on the SunCoast of Florida with a renewed determination to return to the Arts. Life is Good. Surrounded by the best of friends.

My passion is ...

The Dance

I know too much about ...

Artistic temperament

My parents always told me ...

Ignore them and they will go away.

My childhood ambition ...

To Fly

My favorite memory ...

Dancing by full moon in the relics of an ancient fort on a small island off Cannes

Why I write ...

Help, I'm typing and I can't shut up.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Artist's Way (Julia Cameron) /early Fellini /Berlioz: Damnation of Faust.

My first job ...

Short order cook at a highway truck stop, midnight shift- high school summer job.

My best moment ...

Front seat on the roller-coaster Montu.

My inspiration ...

Music, the rythm of the Universe.

Arts & Humanities > Performance Dance Ballet dancing: Behind the scenes

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RUE BARA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY At the far end of rue Bara (Bara Road), away from the marketplace square, was the warehouse that contained the studios of Monsieur B. and the Ballet of the New Millennium. It was just past the Cote D'Or chocolate factories. On Thursdays, the whole street was filled with the overpowering odor of rich, dark chocolate. The warehouse was the size of an airport hangar. Behind the thick metal doors, inside the spacious entryway, were two modern wooden structures; two smaller buildings inside the main building. The three-story structure to the left housed the ca...

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