I have danced from an early age, expressing my self freely, inspired by music. Then I studied Western classical dance forms (ballet and modern). My studies took me to New York where I attended Adelphi University, The Julliard School, and Empire State College (SUNY), where I completed my B.S. in Dance Therapy. I also studied Improvisation, African Dance, Yoga, Sacred Belly Dance, Martial Arts (Pencak Silat), Balinese Dance and Indian Dance.

 

I was drawn to Bali, as it was a place where worship through dance was still being performed in the temples. I also knew it to be a place where art, religion, community, and life were an integrated whole. I lived there for the most part of 20 years. I studied Balinese culture and dance and have taught and performed internationally. In Bali, I also developed a Holistic Dance technique, now called Shakti Dance, which combined and integrated all my studies, to encourage and support awareness, healing, and joy of movement. This was the beginning of experiencing and learning dance as an inner process, as opposed to the emphasis on performing and sending energy out to an audience.

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After witnessing the divine beauty and transforming power of Odissi Dance in the U.S. and Bali, I was compelled to travel to India. There I lived and studied in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, studying at the Orissa Dance Academy with Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, Yudistir Nayak, and members of the Orissa Dance Academy. I had the honor and joy to study intensively with Sri Manoranjan Pradhan, a leading dancer and teacher from Orissa.

 

Since 1998 I have been studying and dancing Argentine Tango. I lived for four years in Buenos Aires, and experienced the culture there. Fortunately, I found DNI Tango School there, and deepened my experience of Tango. It is the first dance I have ever done with a partner, and I find it to be a meditation for two becoming one. I now offer Tango Communication.