Once upon a time, there were three girls who wanted to be dancers. And they are bona fide divas, albeit divas with cell phones and Legos in their dance bags, as comfortable helping their own progeny with homework as they are commanding a stage.
Age is beside the point.
They have a frightening virtuosity and have achieved an exceptional existence in performance. They used to tour 30 to 40 weeks a year, perform seven or eight times a week. They have to take a look at that standard, the level they got to, and then ask themselves where they want to be. They discovered that Houlton, once a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater and Stuttgart Ballet, and the daughter of Loyce Houlton, was also on the faculty. Next they encountered Thompson, a Bessie Award-winning postmodern dancer, teaching around town.