DARRELL CLEVELAND

Darrell 's jazz class on Thursdays was the high point of my week. I still can't believe that he is gone. Such a wonderful person.

My Thursdays were dedicated to Darrell's jazz dance classes. I loved his aesthetic, creativity, teaching style, huge smile, and infectious laugh. We had exact same taste in music -- I loved his warm-up because he had the best playlist! I always said that his choreography "made sense" to me -- his movement was so natural and organic. I was already bugging him about what piece we were going to do for recital next year! I still can't believe he is gone. We all miss him so much at...