Well the teacher I studied with for nineteen and a half years was a man named Paul Gavert. He was a great lieder singer so basically I'm a trained lieder singer because of that teacher. The teacher I currently study with – since 1995 – is Joan Lader who also studied with Gavert.
I wasn't a ballet baby. My first dance class was in an outdoor pavilion when I was three. It was called 'creative movement.' The teacher gave us chiffon scarves in beautiful colors. She turned on some music and said 'Now go dance.' So for me dance has always been about self-expression.
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For one thing I teach my students what my teacher for twenty years Paul Gavert told me 'The voice follows… the voice follows everything about you… who you are.'
