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"I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet."
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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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"Ballet is completely unnatural to the body, just being turned-out... it's not the way your body is supposed to function, so you actually train your body to be a different structure than you were born with."
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"When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire."
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"Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet."
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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 wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu."
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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 of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner."
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"You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case."
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"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
"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
"Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet."
Ballet
"You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case."
Ballet
"Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically."
Dance
"Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words."
Body
"I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training."
Parents
"I always recommend a sensible diet, including lots of carbohydrates and avoiding too much fat. Dancers don't need different fuel from other people - they just need more of it because they use more energy."
Diet
"It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is."
Fitness
"I do take class because I still dance, and yes, I do slip into class with the Royal Ballet from time to time."
Time
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