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"I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine."
"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."
"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."
"And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet."
"There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence."
"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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"Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be there when the time comes."
"It's not about me, it's about my family. You don't answer questions for you, but for us. You learn to live beyond yourself."
"We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 years we're holding our own."
"Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young."
"After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better."
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