Sometimes I feel as if sections of my ballets were done for me - that I didn't do them myself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required a certain kind of conformity that I didn't feel like I wanted to do.
I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.
Ballet was this thing that just felt so innate in me, like I was meant to be doing this.
Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.
Ballet was so structured. I'd been craving something that could guide me.
I didn't care how much work it would take, and I didn't see the time invested as a waste or like I was missing out on anything. Ballet became my ultimate passion.
Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.
Ballet became this escape for me. I feel like I was on my own a lot. I was searching for stability, so I was going off on my own and imagining what I thought stability was. Ballet became a way for me to cope.
Finding ballet was like finding this missing piece of myself.
I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.