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"His own instructors were just as tough: In addition to his teachers at LaGuardia, Diorio credits L.A.-based instructor Paula Morgan with helping him develop into the dancer he is today. "Paula is one of the world's greatest technical teachers," raves Diorio, who once privately studied with Morgan for four hours a day, four days a week. "Her class was about the science of the body- strengthening, stretching, longevity, technique. It was like going to the army for dance!"
Morgan remembers well the flexibility and endurance training she put Diorio through: "The stomach exercises we did were so grueling, they would make a boxing champion look like a skinny underfed boy," she laughs. "He was special in that he was willing to do the work. He's a dynamo in a small package!"
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