I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.
Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.
Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box
Miloลก Forman is a great director; Jim Brooks is a wonderful writer and director.
It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand.