Now & Then: Dancing in Time and Space: A Step Back in Time
Now… Michael Anthony Began What Would Be His Career as a dancer when he was in elementary school. His parents had e nrolled him in both piano and dance classes. and he soon discovered his love of music. During junior high school, he succumbed to peer pressure and dropped dance to play sports. Michael's agility and conditioning from dance, however. proved he lpful on both the court and the field, and he soon became a valued member of his junior high school football and basketball team. By the time he started high school, he realized how much he missed dance. While continuing his sports, he returned to dance lessons and found the theater to be a wonderful place to incorporate dance with high school life. After high school, Michael attended the Boston Conservatory. majoring in musical theater and minoring in dance. He believes that his strong mathematic background significantly helped him in his music-theory courses and that it is an asset in his career as a director, composer, and choreographer.