My mother never learned English, but in Russia, the greatest thing was to give a child to the arts. And so they gave me to the ballet. — Maria Karnilova Copy Share Image
If you relax too much, the subconscious plays the role; the conscious does something else, rather than the other way around, which is the… — Maria Karnilova Copy Share
Once on stage, I was thinking of something else, and I forgot my line. I became so frightened. The girl I was playing with… — Maria Karnilova Copy Share
At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of the Metropolitan Opera. — Maria Karnilova Copy Share
My mother never learned English, but in Russia, the greatest thing was to give a child to the arts. And so they gave me… — Maria Karnilova Copy Share
