And I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to be a ballerina.
And I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to be a ballerina.
I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.
That camp was the real turnaround for me. But I still wanted to be a ballerina. I mean, didn't everybody
Pink is the one color that makes everyone look pretty instantly, and it will work with everyone's skin tone. It's very girlie and very ballerina, a very youthful, almost childlike look.
I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.
(Becoming a prima ballerina requires) a lot of work,
To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life.
Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It's such a hard job to have. I don't have any regrets about it.
The feminine woman is forever static and childlike. She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny and girlish, her voice tinkly, her body stuck on a pin, rotating in a spiral that will never grow.
When the prima ballerina found ground glass in her toe slipper ... every other dancer in the company was equally suspect.
I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.
It brought out in me the person whom I had the potential to become. I think that's why I loved it for its own sake, not to be a ballerina.
That's why I became a lawyer I always wanted to be a judge. When I was 11 years old, I realized I was not going to make it as a ballerina, because I didn't have the grace or the talent to do it, and I needed to find a new career path.
When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.
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