The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.
Gelsey Kirkland Quotes
Often, when you've reached a very high level of achievement, you almost become paralyzed by the idea that anything you might do might be imperfect. Perfection is just the striving, the effort, the struggle, but it's hard to remember that.
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| Birth: | 29th December, 1952 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Dancer |
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Gelsey Kirkland was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an American Ballet Dancer. She joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age fifteen, at the invitation of George Balanchine. She went on to create leading roles in many of the great twentieth century ballets by Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Antony Tudor including Balanchine's revival of The Firebird, Robbins' Goldberg Variations, and Tudor's The Leaves are Fading. She is perhaps most famous to the general public for dancing the role of "Clara" in Baryshnikov's 1977 televised production of The Nutcracker. In 2006, she was awarded the Dance Magazine Award.
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