The Pas de Deux – The Dance from Profound to Profane All dance is sensual and a joyous indulgence in physicality. We dance to celebrate moments. We dance to express [...]

Retiring – Healing – Learning to Embrace a Normal Life   For years after retiring from ballet, I trained myself not to talk about ballet. When something so fully consumes [...]

The Dance of Dating in Berlin   Dating for me in Berlin was pretty much non-existent until I met the French-Jewish Doctor and then finally my boyfriend Peter, my last [...]

The Great Lover … Ballet   As a dancer, the experience of human, romantic love … seemed on the back burner. Ballet was my first true love. As far as [...]

Retiring, Retreating, and the Excuses   Some dancers exit with celebrations and appreciation. Some dancers are celebrated in death with gatherings of remembrance. Especially when that death seems tragic and [...]

The Influence of the Russians   I have been forever drawn to the passion and power of the Russian training and the Russian people. Clearly, they have carved some of [...]

The Call Of Terpsichore Is Silent   When I started to write these stories. It was a process for my soul to show others how to fly and allow the [...]

The Stages Of A Soul’s Evolution   We think our life will start somewhere ahead of us … when it is right here, right now. But life, for some, flows [...]

https://youtu.be/isTgdDorAzI Deep Layers of Wisdom Kurk in the Mud and Mess of this Life   I am at the age where the reflective power of observing my life, is very [...]

The Gravestones of Ballet Dancers   I am so very grateful for the hours of time spent dancing in a studio to the graceful notes of a piano. They say [...]

The Striving for Perfection – More than what it seems   What is ballet but to strive for a type of human perfection. Each art in life, focuses the mind, [...]