SHE might be pint-sized, but Geraldine Ryan's glass-half-full approach to life -- and her job -- has made a big impact on Victoria's dancing history.

The Mount Waverley-based teacher of Irish dance recently turned 90 and has been dancing and teaching almost all that time.

Last week she returned to Mildura for the first time in almost a year, on just one of the many stops on a hectic schedule tha...