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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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"When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire."

"There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence."

"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."

"I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously."

"I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required a certain kind of conformity that I didn't feel like I wanted to do."
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