There are some ballets you can do for a long time. With others, you have to know when to stop. Some are very destructive. Forsythe's choreography pushes dancers to the extreme. That's why it's best to vary. That way, you...
I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience.
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When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for...
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
I remember my dreams when I was a junior soloist. 'Oh, I hope I don't end here,' I thought. 'I want to do the ballerina in 'Scotch Symphony.' I don't want to be the little Scotch girl.' And I actually...
The ballets you do make you into the final product you are. And I had extraordinary partners.
I wanted to be a ballerina as a child - I had a tutu, and I used to stage my own ballets in our front room with my family as the audience.
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George Balanchine is my role model because his work is so varied. You can see two ballets of his and not even realize that they are by the same choreographer.
I've always thought of the process of creating ballets as being this kind of team effort. It's not like being a painter, where you have your paint, and you have canvas, and you just go at it. I'm working with...
I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.
Sometimes I feel as if sections of my ballets were done for me - that I didn't do them myself.
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There's a real caution here too — some ballets are so demanding dancers need to know when to stop performing them. It's a candid, working view of the craft, not a romanticized one.
