American - Dancer | May 7, 1967 -
I really miss dancing all day long. But something I really love is not dancing all day long. I love that I can't rely on dancing all day long to stay creative.
Wendy Whelan
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I have a lot of energy, a lot of interest, a lot of desire.
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I was dancing on Broadway for many years. Then everyone was either getting injured or retiring, and I was dancing with younger dancers.
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You have to decide when it is time to move on.
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I liked the structure of ballet.
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I feel the ticking clock. And at times, I've said if I don't dance, I'd rather die.
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I think the leotard for me became, after I retired, a sort of a symbol of the confines of still fitting into the ballet world in mind and body.
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My art form is my child, and that's what I give my focus to.
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Any time I've performed on one of the major stages, whether it be Covent Garden or the Paris Opera or the Bolshoi or the Mariinsky, those are really the top memorable moments for me.
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I really only had one audition in my life, and that was when I was 14 or 15. When I was that young, I listened to what my teachers would say, like wearing a certain kind of leotard that you'll be noticed in.
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I've always felt like a different kind of ballerina.
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A lot of my career and my drive and my passion and my striving to be better and better was built on insecurity.
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