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"However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet."
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"I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet."
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"And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet."
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"Mum, who had been a dancer with a small ballet company before she got married, was full of encouragement. She didn't say, 'This is really good, you should do this', She just encouraged us to do whatever we liked."
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"If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts."
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"I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted."
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"I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously."
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"I am both proud and honored to be on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ballet Theater."
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"I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner."
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"I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine."
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"I've always believed that the facts about dancing are more interesting than the myths, and this was a great chance for me to explore how the human body does such incredible things."
Body
"A good dancer is an educated one, so don't abandon school."
School
"Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives, through adolescence, and while they are trying to work out who they are as people, never mind as a dancer. So train the whole person, not just the dancer."
Time
"It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine."
Dance
"At the moment I'm enjoying a new challenge at the Royal Opera House, but I'm also keen to pursue my interest in television and particularly in science."
Science
"I have lots of interests, but it's true that dancing is a very full-time job."
Dance
"I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly not all tutus! So experience of other dance forms is a good idea."
Experience
"I do take class because I still dance, and yes, I do slip into class with the Royal Ballet from time to time."
Time
"I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training."
Parents
"It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top."
Physics
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