▁on ▁make - up , ▁skin ▁care , ▁and ▁cost ume ▁making , ▁and ▁offered ▁classes ▁on ▁music ▁theory . ▁ ▁Her ▁dance ▁school ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁fully ▁acc red ited , ▁lic ensed , ▁and ▁bond ed ▁studio ▁of ▁that ▁kind . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁height ▁of ▁its ▁student ▁population , ▁the ▁studio ▁saw ▁four ▁hundred ▁students ▁per ▁week . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁while ▁teaching ▁classes ▁that ▁Adri ana ▁became ▁ment or ▁and ▁instruct or ▁to ▁an ▁up - and - coming ▁star , ▁I bra him ▁Far rah , ▁who ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁famous ▁dan cer ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁ ▁Her ▁studio ▁also ▁had ▁its ▁very ▁own ▁dance ▁tr oupe , ▁which ▁consisted ▁of ▁fifteen ▁d anc ers ▁who ▁performed ▁at ▁notable ▁places , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Kennedy ▁Center , ▁the ▁White ▁House , ▁and ▁the ▁Smith son ian . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁successful ▁studio ▁also ▁had ▁a ▁bout ique ▁that ▁contained ▁dan cing ▁cost umes , ▁Middle ▁Eastern ▁music , ▁decor ations , ▁and ▁cost ume ▁j ew el ry . ▁ ▁The ▁bout ique ▁employed ▁a ▁dress maker ▁and ▁designer ▁who ▁made ▁custom - made ▁cost umes ▁for ▁pat rons . ▁ ▁Adri ana ▁closed ▁the ▁dance ▁school ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁due ▁to ▁family ▁and ▁health ▁problems . ▁ ▁After ▁several ▁years ▁of ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁health ▁care ▁a ide , ▁Adri ana ▁returned ▁to ▁Washington , ▁DC , ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁ ▁While