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All Quotes by author - Carla Korbes
" At age 14, coming to the U.S., all I knew was American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov, Nureyev, and some of the European companies. I barely knew anything about Balanchine. "
Theatre
American
Anything
" By the end of 'Swan Lake,' you know how there's all the corps on stage, and she keeps running in the back, doing arms? You can't feel your arms. You're just like, 'Ow.' "
Lake
Know
She
" I have done the company lifestyle for 16 years, and ballet has changed. "
Company
Lifestyle
Done
" I'm not OK dancing 90 percent. "
OK
Percent
Dancing
" I've learned, after 18 years of gathering information, to eat, then check in with my body - how do I feel? I've learned to eat whatever makes my body feel good. As a teenager, I was just so confused, overwhelmed by all the information. "
Information
Feel
Good
" There are positives to moving around and changing companies: you put things in perspective; you can compare living and working conditions. Living in one city, you tend to take things for granted; your view is much more narrow. In Europe, a dancer can leave for a year and still keep her original contract. "
City
View
Perspective
" Today, dancers have so much more information and are much more mobile. Kids are traveling everywhere to go to summer programs, funding themselves with Kickstarter - putting their dreams on the Internet and seeing if they will pan out. "
Go
Today
Internet
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