Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet

by Alice Robb

She is adamant that dancers should be treated with respect: after all, she points out, they are professionals with as many years of training as lawyers.

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Imagine you were young and you fell in love, she said, and then you broke up. “Though you move on you don’t ever completely get over it. That loss is part of your life and who you are forever.”

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