Bruce Martin:  

I'm a "jack of all trades". I became a professional modern ballet dancer in New York City. I studied with Rudolf Nuriev, Mikael Barishnikoff and Ivan Nagy. I've danced with Suzanne Farrell exclusively. I also studied at The New York City Center Ballet and The Twyla Tharp Modern Dance Company. I started my ballet career first studying basic ballet with the great Anatol Jakowsky of the Kirov Ballet School from 1917. His mentor was also the great Nijinsky. I had three years of training before a scout from the San Francisco Ballet Company grabbed me. He told me to study with the best. The dance scholarship had me dance with the Twyla Tharp Modern Dance Company only on the East Coast. Maurice Bejart, Ballet of the 20th Century, a ballet company from Belgium had me as a guest dancer. In 1972 I competed in the Pan American Games in Venezuela. My career in proffesional ballet spanned 6 years. In the California Renaissance Faires - both at Black Point, Novato and Agura Valley, Los Angeles, I was the Harlequin that opened The Faire in both the North and Southern sites. I've met at The Faire some interesting people, like - Rossana Arquette, David and Robert Carradine, Robert Plant of the legendary Led Zeppelin, Jack Nicholson, Ridley Scott film director of ALIEN amongst other Academy Award winners George Lucas another great director of our times was meeting with Akira Kurosawa, a famous movie director from Japan. From 1974 to 1982, I worked with the famous rock n' roll impresario Bill Graham, as a staff photographer and Graphic Designer. I was well-known for the Pa...Expand for more