Dancing in the light
I have had two artistic passions in my life, art and dance. As a child I especially loved
rainy days because it meant staying indoors, finding a quite corner with my coloring book
and crayons, the pleasures of making colors bounce off each other to create a beautiful
picture was my delight. Later I would switch to sketching my own pictures and coloring
them.
Because of an after school program for art and dance I was able to take both. It was my
Gym/Ballet teacher who taught the classes for the ballet club and later encouraged me to
apply for the HS of Performing Arts that started my long career as a dancer, putting my
love of art aside for that journey. It was a wonderful journey dancing in the Alvin Ailey
Company as one of the founding members, or dancing in Donald McKayle’s Company
and later in Broadway, Television and Movies.
All the while never losing sight of my other passion Art. The paintings below I call
“Dancing in the Light,” capturing what my body can no longer do, but my
hands and mind can remember, I can bring my two passions to one.
rainy days because it meant staying indoors, finding a quite corner with my coloring book
and crayons, the pleasures of making colors bounce off each other to create a beautiful
picture was my delight. Later I would switch to sketching my own pictures and coloring
them.
Because of an after school program for art and dance I was able to take both. It was my
Gym/Ballet teacher who taught the classes for the ballet club and later encouraged me to
apply for the HS of Performing Arts that started my long career as a dancer, putting my
love of art aside for that journey. It was a wonderful journey dancing in the Alvin Ailey
Company as one of the founding members, or dancing in Donald McKayle’s Company
and later in Broadway, Television and Movies.
All the while never losing sight of my other passion Art. The paintings below I call
“Dancing in the Light,” capturing what my body can no longer do, but my
hands and mind can remember, I can bring my two passions to one.
Title: Carmen Dance/
Medium: Acrylic on Paper/
Size: w 32 x h 40
Price: Original Request/Print
