Sentence examples for former modern from inspiring English sources

Born in New York City, Mikal is a former modern dance student whose career aspirations were terminated by injury.

His parents were Jewish immigrants — his father, Alfred, a pharmacist, from Poland, his mother, Eva, a former modern dancer, from Russia.

As he sat for his interview in a wheeled desk chair in the studio, his wife, a former modern dancer, glided in and out of the room, helping him pull out abstract canvases he was still working on.

Ms. Crutchfield, a former modern dancer, and Ms. Jaffe, a personal trainer who owns a fitness club called Back in Shape, will tailor an at-home spa experience to their clients' specifications in locations from the Hamptons to Orvieto, Italy.

But Ms. Cahan, a former modern dancer who created the Joyce with the choreographer Eliot Feld, offered Mr. Rioult the Duke and rehearsal space in the New 42nd Street complex.

Silvia Nevjinsky, a former modern dancer who had to quit two years ago after a severe hip injury, had been the least talkative of the group but was now moved to speak.

Two years ago D.C.A., Mr. Decouflé's former modern-dance troupe, dazzled audiences at the academy with "Shazam!," a mixed-media spectacular; it was the hit of the France Moves festival of French contemporary dance.

Friends helping him set itup include former Tate Modern boss Vicente Todoli.

8 Celeb chums Walliams enlisted the help of former Olympic modern pentathlete Professor Greg Whyte as his trainer.

Garrel has said that he mainly has been inspired by the films of Godard and Jacques Rivette, calling the former a modern and the latter a classic.

When the day arrived, I approached the entrance hall with trepidation, thinking, as a former secondary modern pupil, that I would find the experience culturally challenging.