I was kind of a loser at ballet school. It's all rich kids, and I was not a wealthy kid. I didn't have the Chanel butterfly clip everyone else did.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My family didn't have very much money, so ballet wasn't even on my radar; I just found it randomly when I was 13 at a Boys & Girls Club. We were practicing in a basketball court in gym clothes with some old socks on. Even though it terrified me at first, I found that I really liked it.
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 was sent to ballet classes when I was a little girl. I wasn't very good, but it's that thing where little girls always try ballet, or whatever.
I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why.
In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
The first show I did was 'The Nutcracker' ballet. I was one of the kids who comes out in the beginning.
Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It's such a hard job to have. I don't have any regrets about it.
I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.
Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.
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.