Victor was my teacher. he is so lovable....wearing a fat wrestling belt to keep his back from falling out. Whenever he was suprised, or disappointed, his favorite phrase was, "ai chiuaua!" (like the little dog - I know it is spelled incorrectly)!. He has a very proud and caring personality - he is loud in character. He used to show us dark films of his dancing with the ballerinas of Ballet Russe de Monte de Carlo, and tell us that we were too fat! At the time he had some of the original costumes from the Ballet Russes, and admittedly, we did not fit in them! But oh! how we wanted to wear them! I love Victor with all my heart.
When I was 13yrs old, he asked me to dance as the doll in Coppelia, because he and Alexei Yudenich said that I had such a pretty face. It was the last performance I got to dance. My life was turned upside down after that, and I wish that I could turn the clock back to class with Victor.
