I want the ballet world to be given the respect that it deserves and to be seen by more people - for so many to experience the beauty that I've received from the ballet world.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I want to bring awareness to the lack of diversity in ballet, and feel like that's a large part of my purpose.
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
I am passionate about ballet.
I think that having a platform and having a voice to be seen by people beyond the classical ballet world has really been my power, I feel.
I wanted to open the dialogue about race in ballet and bring more people in. It's just beautiful to see the interest that has exploded for such an incredible art form that I will forever be grateful to!
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.
At least in my performances, the audience has become so diverse in a way that I don't think ballet has ever experienced.
I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.
I think American Ballet Theatre is setting that standard now for classical ballet, that you can dream big, and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from, what your background is.
I love ballet. Ballet is its own being. It has its own vocabulary. I feel as if I am in a different world when I am in the ballet studio.
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