The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.

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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...

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...

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

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...

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...

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

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...

I was very much of a tomboy.

I was very much of a tomboy.

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

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

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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