When I started thinking seriously about learning the rules of narrative, I thought, 'You've learned the rules of dancing from the ballet; what's the matter with learning the laws of theater from the people who know how to do it?'
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I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative.
Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.
The rules of drama are very much separate from the properties of life. I think that's especially true of Shakespeare.
I was introduced to theater by a teacher that found me when I was in elementary school. She tested me for the Gifted and Talented program, started taking me to see the 'Nutcracker Ballet.' I got involved.
My parents have basically just taught me the rules of the stage and everything since I was eight.
I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't really any rules.
I've had plenty of lessons about film acting and theatre acting.
Ballet teaches you how to hold yourself.
Before I started writing, I'd never read much fiction. I was more interested in non-fiction. I'm taking the same approach to theatre: I can operate from a position of ignorance and make up my own rules instead of being bound by customs and practice.
Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it.