Now in the final stretches of their spring season, nycballet dancers reflect on the high points and challenges of a full performance year back after the pandemic brought their careers to a standstill.
The evening in many ways capped a full performance year back on the stage following a historic 18-month absence due to the pandemic. Where some dancers may have felt sluggish or unsure of themselves when returning to work nine months ago, they have since discovered a renewed sense of purpose in their careers and appreciation from audiences.
In my whole career, I’ve never had a show week like I did last week [At the last minute, Laracey filled in to dance the lead principal role in multiple Balanchine/Stravinsky ballets and received rave reviews.] I always have to fight and really advocate for myself that I can do this. “I had a big ankle injury in 2018 when I had fallen in rehearsal and it took a really long time to heal — it had me out almost three years.
I really appreciate the fact that they decided that in all Balanchine ballets we can dance wearing flesh-tone tights. The company was a little behind other companies with that and it felt good. We get our pointe shoes from the company Freed which has come out with two darker shades of satin but has yet to come out with lighter colors for the lighter ladies, so I’m hoping they might do that.
“Honestly since the day I came back, I’m looking back and cannot believe I made it. Today the reason I’m busy and running errands is for my green card. It feels even crazier to think how nine months ago I wasn’t sure if I could come back [to the U.S.] and dance and now we have three weeks left of our season.
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