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And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.

I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.

Most dancers have no awareness of how they look; half of them think they're fat. There is anorexia in the ballet world; there are those things.

A lot of people who watch figure skaters want us to look like pretty princesses. I want people to see the athlete, and I want to look like a woman among girls.

As a child, I had been told that I was exactly what a ballerina should be.

So I'm studying ballet every day and really training so people will see me as a ballet dancer, which no one's seen before.

When I was younger, people would always say, 'Are you a ballet dancer?' I had that look - one of those skinny kids with my hair in a bun.

It's an unfortunate reality of being a male dancer that it's not really looked upon... it's not appreciated.

Girls like to see girls dressed up like princesses occasionally.

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.