"There was a stage when Balanchine and I……" — Gelsey Kirkland
"There was a stage when Balanchine and I didn't talk. I was trying to develop my classical technique as opposed to the fast-track technique that he was pushing. We were very quiet with each other. But after two years he saw what I was doing and sent messages through other people that, yes, this is good."
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Gelsey Kirkland
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