Audience Quote by Michaela DePrince

“Even at 13, I believed that the audience should think that the hardest combination of steps was effortless, and a ballerina's personal trials shouldn't show on her face.” quote by Michaela DePrince — Download Open image

“Even at 13, I believed that the audience should think that the hardest combination of steps was effortless, and a ballerina's personal trials shouldn't show on her face.”

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