If you were ever a ballerina, you know the pain: just to be able to look like it's all so light, but when they take off their shoes, it's all bloody.
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You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
For me, as an actress, being a dancer has helped me. I've done it with my feet bloody.
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.
Apparently, I have good feet for ballet.
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.
And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.
It's a European art form, and you're used to seeing a certain type of person as a ballerina. And I don't look like a lot of the girls around me.
As a child, I had been told that I was exactly what a ballerina should be.
If you have a pair of shoes that hurt, don't wear them. The ugliest thing that I think I've seen is a woman walk like her feet hurt. It's awful, so make sure your shoes fit.
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