Philadelphia Ballet

My teacher was Madame Sougey, uh, Sougey, who was also, uh, Judith Jamison's, um, teacher as well, and Dolores Browne.

She told my father, "Take her to Pennsylvania Ballet because she could be a ballet- she can be a ballet dancer." And so I remember being in her class and just, like, being at the barre and, like, eight years old going like, "I need to get this because it's gonna be what I'm, I'm gonna do." So yes, I absolutely knew that that's what I wanted.

Yeah.

And so what did your journey look like from, like, starting to when you became a professional?

Sure.

So as I mentioned, I started at- training at Philadanco, and then I went to Pennsylvania Ballet and studied.

The director of the school at that time, Lupe Serrano was the director of the school at that time.

Benjamin Harkeby was the artistic director.

All right, where are we going next?

Philadelphia Ballet at the Academy of Music, so we're on Broad.

All right, so it depends if, like, what the weather is outside.

I'm thinking Little Nonna's.

... about them.

Do you remember when we had that event there for the Young Friends of the Philadelphia Ballet, circa 2018?

Yeah.

Yeah.

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And that's something that I think has been a little more opaque for some people.

But you were interning pretty early at Pennsylvania Ballet, is that right?

Yes.

So I grew up dancing and then I decided I wanted to keep doing it.

And my parents really encouraged me to also do a practical major.

And so I double majored in marketing in addition to modern dance while I was at the University of Maryland.

And the summer after my freshman year, I I got this internship in the marketing department at what was then the Pennsylvania Ballet, is now Philadelphia Ballet.

And it was one of those formative experiences where I was like, this is what I'm meant to be doing.