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

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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 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.

Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't...

Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't...

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and...

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, 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...

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...

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.

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...

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy,...

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy,...

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 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...

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that...

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that...

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get...

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get...

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that...

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that...

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...

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.

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in...

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in...

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...