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I actually came to New York when I was 12 and did ballet school for a little while. I was being groomed to be…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

I studied dance and choreography in New York and even taught people there.

— Shakti Mohan

When I was 16, I moved to Torrance, California to train at a more advanced studio, and by 19, I joined the American Ballet…

— Misty Copeland

Growing up in Niagara Falls, Ontario, I took classes as a young girl and became very serious about ballet, and also performed with a…

— Cathy Marie Buchanan

I left school at 12 for a theatre school where the focus was on dance. I had to educate myself.

— Jean Marsh

My mom was a dance teacher, so she put me in dance school when I was a kid. I did everything. I used to…

— Chris Messina

I came to New York to study ballet and English.

— Penelope Cruz

I ended up training only for four years before I was accepted into American Ballet Theater in New York City.

— Misty Copeland

When I was 13, I moved from New Jersey to Germany with my family. The high school was so supportive of my dream to…

— Nina Arianda

We moved from the suburbs to L.A. and I picked up break dancing when I was 10. I joined a dance crew in high…

— Doja Cat

I did do ballet seriously and considered being professional and all of that, and I went to Tisch and got a dance degree.

— Monica Barbaro

I studied dance for about 15 years, various disciplines, with classical ballet as my primary.

— Dana Loesch