Professional photo credits: Eddo Photography Rebecca Shehorn Photography Anna Peters Photography Ballerina Project UK IN Dancing Light Photography
You have to need dance like you need to breathe, otherwise this career will never be worth how hard it is.
The director of my first professional company told me that, though I was already familiar with the reality of those words. I have spent my entire life developing my identity as an artist, consciously choosing dance as my career despite the physical and financial difficulties it presented. Every day I endeavor to find balance between the clean lines and technical precision my focused personality strives for, and the expressive vulnerability that makes an artist unique. Dance is as essential to my identity as it is to my livelihood. Being passionate about dance is not something I chose, more like dance chose me. But the decision to push myself physically, mentally, and artistically as a dancer is a choice Iām happy to make every day.