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Ninette de Valois

"And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance."

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"And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance."

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"So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do."

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"It takes a lot of guts to get up on top of a bar and dance."

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"Dancing came easy to me."

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