I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
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.
Sometimes I feel as if sections of my ballets were done for me - that I didn't do them myself.
I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.
I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting.
Ballet was so structured. I'd been craving something that could guide me.
Ballet was this thing that just felt so innate in me, like I was meant to be doing this.
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.
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.
The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.