The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us forget that. Because it keeps the ballet alive.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
The New York City Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And it's about listening, it's about listening to remarkable music and how we respond to that.
What is true of ballet is no less true of the other lively arts. Change is built into their natures. You watch a performance, and then... it's gone.
I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.
A dancer's life is hard - it is so physically demanding, and at any moment, you could have an injury that could end your career.
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
There's no dancer alive better than those of the 1950s and 1960s. It's only the energy that changes. Every now and then, someone like me comes along, and people say, 'Oh, this guy is this new thing.' But that's not so. There is no me without them. The tradition just goes on.
Certainly the life of a dancer is very difficult. The training is very hard and relentlessly grueling.
A dancer's career is short - you just keep going until your legs pack up.
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.
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