Christina Fragiskatos wrote a beautiful article that I relate to so much. Being able to let go of everything and forget the world through dance has always been the best feeling for me. I admire how well Ms. Fragiskatos explains how she uses dance as an escape from the hardships of life. In many ways I am a lot like Christina: I was put into Ballet when I was two, I used to find it mostly about making friends and having fun; now I use it to strengthen my body and escape the world, I don't put myself out there in dance; therefore I don't get solos or feature parts like her, and being a generally shy and anxious person, dance allows me to speak without saying a word.
Starting in a small local dance school and ending up in the Corps de Ballet is huge, but most dancers don't even realize how or when they go there. "I wasn't even thinking about a career yet. It was all sort of a whirlwind, and I just went with it." says Betsy McBride, a 24 year-old dancer who started in her local dance school at the age of 3 in the suburbs of Dallas. At 14, Mc Bride went to a summer intensive to get better and learn more, at a school that's affiliated with the Texas Ballet Theater. After a few weeks, she was offered a year-round place at the school. A couple months after that, she was hired into the Texas Ballet Theater. In 2015, McBride contacted the American Ballet Theater, in search of something bigger and new to do in her career. ABT originally said that there were no open spots but offered to let her take a class with them. After the class was over, she had made a good enough impression that a spot just so happened to open up and she was of...
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