I Had A Wonderful Childhood, Coming From

In Fact, Ballet Companies Did Not Exist In The Midwest When I Was A Child.

Although We Do Come From A Silent Profession, It Is Important For Us To Verbalize What We Want To Say. (as I Tell My Students): You Could Love Someone All Your Life, But If You Never Say It How Are They Going To Know? There Comes A Point When You Have To Say What You Mean, Which Makes You Scream Louder When You Dance.

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.

Do Not Brood. It Makes The Moment You Are Living In Unavailable For Learning And Life.

And I Just Thought, This Is What I Want To Be. And I Knew That Dancing Would Be My Chosen Profession.