Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrellis an eminent 20th-century ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth16 August 1945
CountryUnited States of America
coming dance-and-dancing dancing girl keeps
I still feel like a 15 year-old girl coming to New York. Dancing does that to you. I think it keeps you really young.
career dance-and-dancing dancing evening fortunate honored loved truly
To have been part of that evening -- and now I am truly honored and privileged. I loved dancing and how fortunate I am to have had a career I loved doing.
body change dancing feelings inside realized
My feelings started to change when I realized that dancing was getting inside my body, emotionally, as well as physically.
dance-and-dancing dancing fall grateful survival
I was grateful that I had dancing to fall back on. It was my survival tactic. It was my friend. It was always there.
class dancing work-out
I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.
pain sacrifice dancing
There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I had no pain.
commitment opportunity dancing
That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing.
dancing healthy ballet
The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.
children dancing rebellious
Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.
dancing desire
So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.
dance wall dancing
Dancers are a great breed of people. And they really want to dance so you don't have to beg them to work. However, dancers sometimes build walls around themselves because they are presenting themselves all the time: dancing is very much a confession.
dancing want would-be
And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession.
beautiful dance dancing
After I stopped dancing, I was unable to listen to beautiful music.
average eating research serving
Research showed that the average American was only eating about one serving a day of whole grains.