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“Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.”
“I am always looking for options that yield something unexpected.”
“I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.”
“I last went to a gym when I was a teenager to make sure I could lift ballerinas.”
“That's how you live. You participate. You take risks.”
“The retirement timing is always a tricky thing for a dancer. I think it's different for everyone. How you say goodbye to the thing you have really focused on that much is a tough one. I've always intended to leave in good shape, to exit on a high note.”
“The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.”
“I guess I was phenomenally lucky that I was introduced to dancing because I'm suited to it. It would be very weird if you had this natural ability for something and you never discovered it. It must happen all the time.”
“There are a lot of possibilities I'm looking at for the future, but I'm very insistent on not limiting myself.”
“If I see somebody dancing really well, it can make me want to dance. Or it could be the music. But perhaps the thing I miss the most is that when you're dancing, everyday concerns vanish. It's a unique world.”