On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a discipline, it gives you a place to go. It gives you some control in your life.

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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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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