<Tab/>The Australian ballet is a classical ballet company that tours nationally and internationally. It is a multi-million dollar business with an artistic and a business side. Threes much more to ballet than the dancers you see on stage. The drive to dance started inside me in childhood and has been there ever since. <Tab/>I entered the company straight from ballet school to join the corps …
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…nerves changed into energy. I had had enough rehearsal time to know that I can latch on to body memory. Ballet was like a sport, very tough on my body. Eventually there was a time when I couldn't leap so easily. And so I made a decision around my late thirties that it was time to go. Now I am 56 and am telling my children about the dreams that I had fulfilled through my ballet.