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Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.

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

Ballerinas are often divided into three categories: jumpers, turners and balancers.

When Disney was creating Elsa, they based a lot of her movements on that of a ballerina, which was interesting for me to find out because I actually did ballet years ago. That definitely informed some of the ways I made her walk and move.

I think all dancers are control freaks a bit. We just want to be in control of ourselves and our bodies. That's just what the ballet structure, I think, kind of puts inside of you.

I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.

The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your toenails fall off and you peel them away and then you're asked to dance again and keep smiling. I wanted to become a professional ballet dancer.

Ballet teaches you how to hold yourself.

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.