— Beth Keller, Modern-Jazz Instructor, George School and Dancer in A Chorus Line on Broadway

My first art form was ballet. Due to my coordination, I was scouted during an early childhood dance performance and put in a ballet class in York, PA taught by Sherri Grim, who was affiliated with the Pennsylvania Ballet and National Ballet of Washington, DC. She immediately viewed me as having professional dancer potential and had me taking class four days a week. She also put me on pointe when I was only nine, a few years younger than the usual age. However, she suddenly stopped teaching in my early pre-teens. When she suddenly quit teaching — wanting me to continue — she even had my parents install a ballet barre in our home, but in York, PA, there was nowhere else to seriously train. From my own innate athletic coordination, dance muscle memory — and musicality — in combination with my visual-spatial abilities — I can draw other athletes in motion in real time — no preliminary sketches — no thinking — I do it rapidly — and even without looking at the paper. It comes through my dancer body...The basketball player dunking (bottom right) was drawn in seconds while he was in midair.

See live-action basketball art.

See live-action baseball art.