Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It's such a hard job to have. I don't have any regrets about it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.
At a young age, I wanted to be a prima ballerina and had these grand ideas that I would go study at Juilliard. It's something I laugh about now.
I didn't care how much work it would take, and I didn't see the time invested as a waste or like I was missing out on anything. Ballet became my ultimate passion.
Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.
I've always wanted to be a professional dancer, I'd always wanted to be a ballerina. I trained for 13 years but it never came to be.
I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.
I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.
My mom is actually a former prima ballerina, and all the women in my family are associated either with dance or choreography or acting, so I'm very lucky in a way because I grew up in a family of artists. I've been dancing since I was a little kid.
I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.
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