The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.
From Suzanne Farrell
I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's dresses and high heels.
I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that was a great sort of preparation, in a way.
I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.
I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes on in your life, or in the politics of the world around you, it is wonderful to go into that studio, and tell yourself what to do.
I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.
I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time to read.
Of course, in the art class, I was the model.
I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales that we were required to translate in Latin, and all these interesting people who were never quite what they thought they would be or seemed to be.
I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.
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