Although I was based in Los Angeles, I was being flown into the Colorado Springs/Broadmoor/World Arena camps of Sandra Hess, the University of Delaware camp of Ron Luddington, the Philadelphia camp of Robbie Kaine and the Southern California camps of Darlene Gilbert and John Nicks. Although my first work was developing a ballroom dance frame and creating the true character of the dances for the compulsories, I was soon choreographing the entrances, exits, tricks and Original Dance pieces. In 2012 Torino three couples i had worked with from Azerbajian, Japan and the USA competing in the Olympics.  And to keep from freezing during long mornings on the ice, I learned how to skate (well at least- not fall down or get out of the way) from Russian Singles coach Victor Yelchin to help me understand what could and couldn’t be done on ice. Upon the retirement of Sandy Hess I stopped coaching until I moved to Dallas in 2017. Finally a winning piece that I helped choreography for Russ Witherby and Lia Trovati for the US Pro Skaters comp on ESPN we jokingly dubbed the “Wifebeater Tango” you can see in the header above.