To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was 16, I moved to Torrance, California to train at a more advanced studio, and by 19, I joined the American Ballet Theatre in New York. It all happened so fast - it was pretty unheard of that someone could train for so few years and become a professional at one of the most elite dance companies in the United States.
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.
When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.
Growing up in Niagara Falls, Ontario, I took classes as a young girl and became very serious about ballet, and also performed with a local company, although it wasn't a professional company.
Most ballerinas take their first ballet class when they are 5 or 6 years old. I was 13 when I took mine on the basketball court of the San Pedro Boys & Girls Club in California.
I was a ballerina for 10 years growing up, but I stopped.
I came to New York to study ballet and English.
I've studied dance since I was very young, and I continue to study ballet.
I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.
I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.