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![“Honestly I feel like my career really started picking up when I turned 30. I didn’t think that was going to happen. I have this weird thing—as a little girl I would read these magazines where they would mention celebrities and put their age immediately afterwards, and I always thought that was so fascinating. That’s what the society tells you—after a certain age, you’re kind of washed up. So I really put this pressure on myself to be at a certain level at a certain age. When it didn’t happen at 25, I really freaked out. And it’s something I do struggle with on the daily. This is such a crazy business that they tell you you’re too old at 27. That’s absolutely ridiculous. I still, for the most part, feel like I can do the things I did when I was 25. I might get a little more sore than I used to be [laughs]. I really do think I am just getting started. At least that’s what I am telling myself. I definitely do have that fear of aging out of my “type.” But at the end of the day, this is where I am. I can’t hide it. I have to embrace it and figure out what I can do that makes me different from other people and only focus on that. I do struggle with comparing myself to others, but on the same end, I’ve been really working on not doing that anymore. I truly feel like comparison is really the thief of joy. If I got a tattoo, I would put that on [laughs]. I want to stay focused on my track, my journey, and keep on keeping on because I am not done yet.”]()
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![“I am really exploring bringing different aspects of my life together and ultimately finding peace and balance. Peace in not only feeling good with myself, but being able to work through the uncomfortable. I’m starting to feel comfortable in the uncomfortable during life situations in general. There have been so many experiences that have challenged me for sure. If you avoid the situations of discomfort, the situation senses your fear and picks at you. If you come to terms with it, the fear kind of dissipates a little bit.
It only happens with a very conscious and consistent effort. You can’t just be fearless for a second and then hope it’s good forever. It’s a consistent working thing. It’s a muscle you develop.” Rachel Thomson with Nevada Ballet Theatre]()
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![“Coming back to the city after a job is hard because there’s not a lot going on right now. It’s a lot of waiting around and finding out what I need to do with my life to be ready for the audition season coming in January. It’s tricky. It’s a weird in-between time. Do I take class? Do I take voice lessons? I need to do both, but I also need to make money, meet people, network, and do all those things. It’s tricky when I’ve been doing jobs away from the city all summer where I had a set schedule and a daily routine.”]()
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![“I just turned 20. I feel like I am entering into a new era. There are expectations that my younger self put on myself to have in my 20’s. I am curious and a little anxious about what my future is going to look like. But I know that I have a lot of power to control what that is. I don’t want those expectations to get in the way of things. I don’t want to regret anything. I want to put in all of my effort and make it as best as I can. I want to know that I did the best I could and not have any regrets about that.
Growing within ballet is challenging, of course, but you can delve into it more and more each year. I am realizing that I have a career and have time to work on things—even if it’s little tiny things here and there. I just love that there’s something you can keep working at.”]()
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2019-10-04 04:20:12
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![“Right now, I am thinking about what I need to do tomorrow—what I didn’t get done today. That’s where my mind is most of the time—my list of things. I think that’s why sometimes it takes forever for me to do things. The list piles up, and it almost seems so daunting. Even if I check one thing off, it still feels like a massive weight. That looming over my head makes me not want to do it even more.
Emily’s flaws #1 out of a million. What’s my next?
At least I am on time—most of the time [laughs].”]()
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2019-09-23 22:00:20
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![“Sometimes letting that perfect line go for the sake of feeling it for yourself allows somebody else to feel what you’re feeling instead of just clap at what you’ve been able to execute. I want to reeducate dancers to be willing to let go, and I want to reeducate the audience to acknowledge that there is just as much value in something spirited and authentic as there is in something perfected and glossy. I think we’re experiencing a certain period in time where every dancer I know at 10 years old is better than I could’ve ever hoped to be at 10 years old. But when everyone is good, and everyone has something to offer that’s the same, what are we taking away from the performance and what is your audience taking away from the experience?
I think we have to go back to this idea that dancers are humans first. If you like who you are as a person, you can learn to put that humanity into your dancing. If you don’t like who you are, it doesn’t matter how technically great you are at dancing—it’s going to stop short. I think sometimes maybe the audiences don’t know why they didn’t connect to something, but it stops at that “Oh, we’re suppose to clap here?” moment instead of “Why is nobody clapping? I have to clap. I am so compelled to applaud this person in their vulnerability and how I felt connected to them in that moment.” For me, and in the context of class, you have to practice that idea of letting go. It’s not going to just come to you when you’re on stage or when you have met the right choreographer, the right dancer, or the right person. It’s something you have to put into your daily practice like your tendu and port de bras.”]()
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![“I do believe that I am a good singer and that I can hold my own, but I don’t audition well. I basically choke instantly when I stand in a room and sing for people. Once you put me in a show, I feel fine. But then audition wise, not so much.
I just came back to the city from a job where I got to sing a lot, and I’m ready to see how auditions go for me. It’s scary but I feel more at ease after having done so many shows. I feel like a different person coming back here.
Last year I was getting to the point where I wasn’t just upset that I was choking in these auditions. I was like, furious. I was screaming on the phone and bawling my eyes out down 8th Avenue after an audition and all the way on the train home. I was just tired of it. It’s been getting better. I made it through an audition yesterday where I had to sing a cappella.
Baby steps. I think that’s the thing—patience and time. We’re so ready for everything to be so immediate and ready for it now. Especially right out of college, you’re hungry and you want everything now. Sometimes it takes a long time to get something big. Your time is coming. But it’s hard to not be down on yourself especially in a city like this where everything is fast-paced and full of no’s.”]()
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![“I’ll say it’s frustrating—trying to break into the dance world that exists here. I feel like once you’re in, you’re in. When I moved up here 6 months ago, I didn’t know anybody. I have friends from college who are up here but not doing what I am doing. That’s been hard. You meet people all the time but you’re meeting so many people, and it stays on that superficial level for a long time. It’s hard to get deep with people because people are going and going and coming and going all the time. People move in and out of the city. It’s been hard to find that close knit group that you can just reach out to go see a show or something.
But overall, I do feel like things are going well for the most part. Everything takes time, and I know that, and I know it’s not easy. So I am just trying to work hard. Just keep going at it. Pushing—and hoping.”]()
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![“Basically I burned myself out. I’ve been living here for a long time. I felt something wasn’t right with my body, but I just kept going and going. I never lose my appetite. I started losing my appetite and just kept going and going. My stomach started to hurt. I kept going and going. And then I found that I had like over 30 tumors in my uterus. And that’s why I had been losing weight, and that’s why I was so tired. I was severely anemic. I was getting iron transfusions twice a week. I had to change my whole diet, my lifestyle, and eventually I just had to get a surgery because my body was just like, ‘No.’ And it changed my life.
I almost died. I was like, “Am I really trying to kill myself for show business? Absolutely not. No way.” And it’s changed everything. And now instead of walking into an audition or preparing for something and thinking, “This is life or death,” I am like, “This is a part of my life, and if I get it—great. If I don’t—okay.” Everyone does that. We go, and go, and go. It’s New York, It’s America, It’s this business. It’s like all layered on top of each other. That’s why people in this business burn out so much or get sick or have short lives when we shouldn’t. My goal now is to no longer do that and to also try to teach people to self-care. Self care is beyond getting a massage or getting your nails done, or having a fancy meal. It’s sitting with yourself and being quiet. Reading a book. Visiting your friends and family and connecting with them instead of sending a quick text. Spending time with them and loving them. Because otherwise, what is all this for?
I learned it the hard way but it’s been this beautiful thing. And then ironically, after that I stepped into the room, and everything has changed. Now I am getting the things I’ve always dreamed of getting but was always hiding behind because I didn’t think I was enough. I had put all the power in their hands before. Now I think, “I have experience, I am talented, I’ve been living here for a long time, you should be grateful to have me in the room just as much as I want the job.” It’s changed my life, and I love it.”]()
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![“If at the end of the day you can go to bed happy with yourself, that’s all that really matters. Stop trying to impress or prove your worth to people. You are so worthy just as who you are as a person. Listen to your inner gut. 100%. Listen to your inner guidance system. Honor your intuition. Respect it. Trust it. Love it.”]()
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![K: “Eric booked the National Tour of Cinderella, which was awesome. But that left me living alone in the city—I had lived in New York on and off for like four or five years, and the thrill of New York was starting to go away for me. He left, and I wasn’t sure if I had a reason to be here. So that was a moment when I realized maybe I should go somewhere else. I would love to work for Disney, so that’s how Orlando happened.
When we found out about Cinderella, I was very happy for Eric and told him to take the job, but also I was crying the entire day. I definitely gave him mixed signals there. It was just stress. I called my parents. I called some of my friends. I was like, ‘I’m moving to Orlando; I’m staying in New York; I’m moving to Orlando; I’m staying in New York.’” -
E: “The hardest part for me was making sure whatever decision we settled on at the end of all the tears and all the pros and cons was making sure that it would be something that would be beneficial for Kelsey. Making sure that you felt good with your decision—that was the scary part. Trying to help you get to the right decision and to make sure that it’s actually your decision and was not me trying to help you find what I think you should find.” -
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![“One thing I’ve been realizing recently is that life is just like an exchange of energies. What you put out comes back to you. I’ve seen examples of that happen to people that I know and even to myself over and over again. So I feel like I just want to be in a place where I can exude positivity and support no matter what I am doing—if I am dancing, teaching—just giving out what I want to receive. So then things can come back to me in that way. I’ve been realizing that a lot this summer. If you don’t treat others like you want to be treated, and if you don’t give to other what you’d like to receive, that cycle is never going to happen. I feel like whenever I end up doing, I always want to make sure I am doing something to benefit others so then it’ll also in turn lift myself up too.”]()
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![“I was working on a cruise ship, and I had a lot of really bad—I don’t want to say experiences because they were choices. I made these stupid choices. And I wanted to change. I remember going to auditions where everyone had long brown ponytail, straight hair, blue eyes, and white skin. I came back from this cruise ship and I didn’t like who I was. I didn’t like whatever choices I’ve put myself in these terrible situations. And I was like, “Screw it. I am shaving my hair.” I know that sounds so stupid—I started out with a bob, and I was like, “This is ugly.” So I cut it all off. It was really, really short. I can’t even tell you how liberating that was. I used to make fun of people who were like, “My hair is everything.” My hair was never everything. It was nasty, ratty, and dead, and cutting it was the most freeing thing in the world.
My personality fit into that hair. My hair fit into what I wanted my person to be. I think that was the catalyst for not wanting to follow everyone else. It actually fit really well. No one ever said it looked bad. No one ever said you’re never going to work because you have short hair.
I actually got more jobs having short hair taking that chance. I know it’s also a mental thing. If you’re willing to take that chance to drastically change yourself, you’re also willing to take more chances in an audition room. It’s a subconscious, mental thing—you’re liberated from whatever image you’ve put on yourself to begin with.”]()
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“It’s an advice I would give myself now. I think it’s important to have those goals. Totally. I think that’s what gave me the drive and got me where I am now. But also, just trust the process. And trust the work that you’ve put into it.
I think nowadays, a lot of it is about posting ‘I did this,’ or ‘I did that,’ and not really getting into the work of it all. We put a lot of focus on the glamour and the achievement. I think I would tell younger myself to just set those goals and really put my focus into the work—and that will carry me through where I am supposed to be.”]()
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![“I love ballet as a means of communication. I love that it’s silent but full of action. For me, it’s something that speaks louder than words. But also in ballet there’s a raw joy in the act of dancing that I can’t deny and always takes me completely by surprise—especially when I’ve had time off and I come back to it.
I think it’s the joy of fulfilling whatever purpose I have at the moment. And I go through intense periods of doubt about ballet—if I should keep going—and it can be a very painful thing to do. But when I feel that joy, I have simultaneous peace and exultation, comfort and confidence, in that I am fulfilling my purpose at that moment. It’s a very transformative experience—you can’t really sustain a feeling in every moment of your life, and this one in particular refuses to be felt if you try to manufacture it, but if someone has felt that way at some point in what they’re doing, what a gift, and what an indicator that continuing should be on the agenda despite whatever difficulties are ahead.”]()
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![“I feel like with everyone the sparkle of New York wears off at a certain point. Right now for me, it’s kind of about just making a life and really making sure I set that foundation for myself to have longevity in this career. You’d like to think when you first move here, you’re here to make a life for yourself, but I was so young. I was kind of just excited to hit the ground running and prove to everyone that I could work, work, work—right off the bat. Right now it’s my time to slow down and be a human who lives in New York City as opposed to a fresh out of college dancer who’s just here to get work.
You know, I am acting like I’ve matured so much in 3 years, but I really have learned a lot from being here. I’m learning to slow down and treat it like a marathon and not so much like a sprint to the finish.”]()
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