Hi, my name is Maura and I am from the Bay Area, California.(Terpsichore Dance Company) I have been dancing for about 12 years now and have been running a dance company for only two years. I am 17 years old, yes I know, how can she be so young and run a company? Well at my studio where I teach and dance, we have 3 competiting companies. I am in charge of our junior company. Our mini director is 19 years old, and our senior director is 23. We are all young, but it works. I was a little nervous at first because people can be really jugdemental saying" how can they run a company when they are so young"? I just brush it off now because our company is doing better than ever now and we really try hard to prove to people that the directors age doesn't matter. This year is especially tough for me, I am directing the junior company, I am also competing with the senior company and I am in my senior year of high school. Its a handful but I love it!! My specialty is teaching hip-hop and I love taking it too. My favorite style competing has to be lyrical/modern. I like to choreograph hip hop though because you can have so much fun with it. Any other teachers young like me?
~Maura