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Her favorite pursuit: Allegra Kent, former principal of New York City Ballet (1956-1982), explains why she continues to take class.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-FEB-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Her favorite pursuit: Allegra Kent, former principal of New York City Ballet (1956-1982), explains why she continues to take class.(TAKING CLASS: Perspectives on a daily ritual)

Article Excerpt
Ballet class is indispensable to me. Ideally it is first destination of the day, as essential as waking up and drinking a cup of coffee (Balzac's favorite elixir). At dawn, I don't want to fight a duel, read the newspaper, or linger over breakfast. I need to dance. The anticipation of this sublime exercise propels me into action. My determination to be in class on time imposes a shape and rhythm to my early hours. Other necessities can be gracefully swept aside like housekeeping and writing Christmas cards (the latter up to six months). However, my style always remains the same--I dust and dance impressionistically. Every square foot of my apartment becomes a trampoline and launches me outside, onto the sidewalk, and into the crosstown bus, where I look for a seat and discreetly start to stretch. Unlike Mary Poppins, I don't arrive upside-down and in first position.

By shaping my muscles, I feel I am shaping my future. Anyway, with extensions lower and...

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