Other simultaneously lived lives
As an emerging artist, i eagerly sought to tangibly flex all sides of my brain. to make South Florida more elastic. i often did so through unusual approaches to working.
For example, while choreographing, touring and performing, i served as a hospice nurse (sometimes attending to a death and performing at the Opera house within the same evening). i also stepped into posts as program director at the Offices of Epidemiology and Disease Control (developing protocols and forging partnerships with some of the most incredible thinker-travelers i have ever met), and middle school integrated science teacher/ballet technique consultant (the stories here are many). i even accepted an invitation to teach high school chemistry and night school health courses.
Each of these journeys was remarkable. Each left an indelible mark on my artistic practices.