The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.
When you can't follow a ballet's action, you can always read the program notes.
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
I love ballet. Ballet is its own being. It has its own vocabulary. I feel as if I am in a different world when I am in the ballet studio.
Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.
I want the ballet world to be given the respect that it deserves and to be seen by more people - for so many to experience the beauty that I've received from the ballet world.
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!
No matter how wonderful the story, it has to move on something, and that is language. The words that I use, the pace, the rhythm and cadences all need to be there. If they're not there, the story is like a boat that just sits there and doesn't move on the ocean.
What is true of ballet is no less true of the other lively arts. Change is built into their natures. You watch a performance, and then... it's gone.
Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it.