Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't quite know how I'm going to do them, because I haven't lived that moment yet. I always feel very insecure and I get very excited.

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I learned to love dance for its own sake.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that...

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that...

I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time...

I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time...

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes...

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes...

I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's...

I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's...

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts...

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts...

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.

I was very much of a tomboy.

I was very much of a tomboy.

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I...

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I...

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.

I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.

I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales...

I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales...

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great...

I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great...