Ballet is my passion. I live it and breathe it.
“Ballet is my passion. I live it and breathe it.”
The World Motivation
Ballet is my passion. I live it and breathe it.
“Ballet is my passion. I live it and breathe it.”
Ballet is my passion. I live it and breathe it.
I couldn't get into classical companies in the U.S. and Canada. I would make the cuts in auditions and would be one of the last five dancers standing when the audition ended. I'd expect to get an offer, but I never would... I began to think that I was truly a dreadful dancer.
I want young black girls to have more dancers to look up to. I want to be able to spread more poppies in a field of daffodils.
The fact that black young dancers consider me to be a role model is incredible. I hope that they can continue to realize that they can become ballerinas, too, no matter what skin color you are.
The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy.
Being a ballet dancer isn't cool. Football, boxing, hockey... they're cool. And you make more money.
When I started thinking seriously about learning the rules of narrative, I thought, 'You've learned the rules of dancing from the ballet; what's the matter with learning the laws of theater from the people who know how to do it?'
I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another.
The focus of our family life was homework and what was for dinner; getting to ballet rehearsal and getting my brother to soccer.
Meeting Winnie Harlow was such a moving experience, because she understands what it means to have other kids stare at you because you are a spotted child.
We all have ouridiosyncrasies, but pretty much every dancer is going to have a strong, wiry body.