Silvia Nevjinsky was born in Lisbon, Portugal, where she began her dance training in High School with Rui Horta. She studied at the Gulbenkian Ballet School and also came to New York in the summers for intensive dance workshops. From 1984 to 1989, she was a principal dancer with the Lisbon Dance Company, a contemporary repertory company. She moved to New York in 1989 and appeared as a guest artist with several dance companies including the Empire State Ballet, the Eglevsky Ballet, the New American Ballet Ensemble, Ballet for Young Audiences and David Storey Dance Works. She joined the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in December of 1990 and was a member of the Company for four and a half years. In August of 1995, she joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company and was a featured dancer for ten years. With these companies, she performed all over the USA as well as Latin America, Asia and Europe. Additionally, she was on the cover of Time Magazine and appeared in several music videos, industrials and special events including the Walt Disney Premiere of "Pocahontas" in Central Park. She can be seen in "Dancemaker," a documentary directed by Matthew Diamond as well as in two "Dance in America" PBS specials with the Paul Taylor Dance Company." Mrs. Nevjinsky has taught modern dance Master Classes in New York, San Luis Obispo, San Paulo, Lisbon, Oporto, Toulouse, Antwerp and at Skidmore College. She has also taught dance in the New York City Public Schools as part of the City Center Outreach Program. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Hunter College of New York and is a certified Yoga instructor.