Q&A
When did you start dancing?
At age 8. A short time ago.
Why did you start dancing?
Apparently I preferred it to walking; actually I still do. Music was frequently played at home. My mother loved musicals and I think she secretly would have wished me to be in musical theatre. BUT, I saw Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn on television and wanted to be Margot. Fonteyn seemed like a princess. Once I began, I liked the serenity of it. Somehow the quiet and challenge of moving my body, albeit to music, was very personal. It was something that I could do in relative peace.
Which dancer inspired you most as a child?
As I said, Fonteyn initially, but I also loved watching performances of Antonio Gades, Maya Plisetskaya, Natalia Makarova, Carla Fracci, Carmen Amaya, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Eleanor Powell, Ginger Rogers, Antoinette Sibley, and Anthony Dowell, whether live or on film.… [continue reading]
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