The 2 locations were close enough that we could work together in starting HRB. VV: Gilbert had a ballet school in Champion Forest, and BCH was located in Copperfield. HFM: And two years later you co-founded Houston Repertoire Ballet with Gilbert. In April of 1994 Gilbert called me and told me he had found a perfect location for the school, so I flew back to Houston, signed the papers, and BCH was started in June. I talked to Gilbert Rome, and he suggested I consider coming back to Houston to start a school, and we could start a student performing group after I got the school going. At the time many of my friends were losing their jobs every time the artistic director changed. I was offered a job as ballet mistress with Tulsa but opted not to take it because I wanted something more stable. Artistically it was a wonderful job, but I was not happy living in Atlanta, so after 2 years I started thinking about what to do next. VV: I left Houston in 1992 to take a job as Resident Choreographer for Gwinnett Ballet Theatre in Atlanta. HFM: You founded the Ballet Center of Houston (BCH) in 1994. VV: I never had the ideal ballet body, but I just couldn’t give it up. HFM: What obstacles did you face early in your career, or as a young dancer, and how did you surmount them? In those years I enjoyed teaching, but choreography was my passion. In the 1980’s I choreographed for many many companies all over the country. Many of my ballets on City Ballet were performed at the regional ballet festivals, and that really got me started as a choreographer. After I graduated, I moved to Houston where I joined City Ballet of Houston as a dancer, but I also was allowed to choreograph.
While I was in college I was given many opportunities, not only with the university ballet company, but also choreographing for several operas, a musical, and a regional ballet company. He was also such a musical choreographer. VV: When I was in college I had an awesome ballet teacher, Julio de Bittencourt.
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