She trained as a dancer at the Chicago Musical College, then pursued further dance studies with Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in Los Angeles.

[2][3] She toured with Ruth St. Denis's dance company, which also featured Martha Graham, Florence O'Denishawn, and Doris Humphrey at the time.

In 1917 she toured in a singing and dancing act with Carl Randall,[4][5] including "a pseudo Egyptian fox trot in costume with just enough burlesque in it to give it pep," noted reviewer Giles P.

[7] Her credits included roles in the shows Sinbad (1918), Follow the Girl (1918),[8] Silks and Satins (1920),[9] and Ziegfeld Follies.

[1][10] She produced, choreographed, and designed costumes and lighting for the school's biennial revue,[11][12][13] which included over two hundred performers in some years.