The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.
In the ballet studio, it was such an organized and disciplined environment, like I'd never had in my life. Seeing myself in the mirror, surrounded by the classical music, that's when I started to fall in love with dance.
I liked the structure of ballet.
I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in 'Swan Lake' was such a unique and passionate experience for me. It was such bloody hard work, even at that very early age, that I would not want to try to replicate it again now.
In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
I started dancing ballet when I was very young, so my background really is dance. But I remember loving the feeling of being on a stage and having a love for performing from a young age.
I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting.
Ballet was this thing that just felt so innate in me, like I was meant to be doing this.
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!
I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.
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