Month: July 2016

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People who inspire

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Last week, while watching the inspiring speeches by Michelle and Barack Obama at the DNC, I couldn’t help but think about people in my life who inspired me and likely altered the direction of my life. From a modern dance teacher, Sheldon Ossosky who, early in my professional dance career, with a casual remark in class, made me believe in myself. To master choreographers Hans van Manen, Jiri Kylian and Glen Tetley who helped me formulate the core of my artistic values and helped set the base line for what I consider great choreography.   Only in retrospect do you truly understand how others you admire, can affect … Continue reading People who inspire

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How to deal with loss!

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I am planning to re-activate my blog writing again. It has actually been a couple of years since my last post. Here is a post I recently wrote for another purpose, somewhat edited: I had quite an eventful and emotional week recently. I lost two people that were of significance in my life, one in my personal life and one in my business life. On Monday, I heard from my sister, who still lives in Holland, that one of our aunts, who was in her nineties, was in the final days of her life. Even though our family isn’t that … Continue reading How to deal with loss!