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Patricia McBride

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I remember my dreams when I was a junior soloist. ‘Oh, I hope I don’t end here,’ I thought. ‘I want to do the ballerina in ‘Scotch Symphony.’ I don’t want to be the little Scotch girl.’ And I actually went beyond my wildest dreams. I worked with Balanchine. I had ballets choreographed for me.

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In the beginning, he taught you how to hold your fingers, use your head, hold your shoulders, how you glissade, bourre – the exact way he wanted you to do the steps. It was relearning the whole Balanchine technique.

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When I hung up my toe shoes, I didn’t look back. In all my years, I have never looked back.

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In the beginning, he taught you how to hold your fingers, use your head, hold your shoulders, how you glissade, bourre – the exact way he wanted you to do the steps. It was relearning the whole Balanchine technique.

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