I began my professional career in New York performing with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and then became a principal dancer with the Viola Farber Dance Company. In CA. I was artistic director/choreographer of Jeff Slayton & Dancers, then full-professor at California State University, Long Beach.
I was married to Viola Farber for 9 years, and after her death in 1998, I decided that a book should be written about her life, her works and the contributions she made to the dance community and to the art form. My book, The Prickly Rose: A Biography of Viola Farber, was released in Decemb more...