Their bodies hurt,the roles are drying up and everyones comparing them with their younger selves. So how accomplish ballerinas maintain their careers after hitting 40? Wendy Whelan (48) and Alessandra Ferri (52) reveal all“I felt Id outgrown my shoes,” says Wendy Whelan. “My intellect had expanded beyond what was being asked of me.” When Whelan retired from New York City Ballet last year, or the art form lost one of its most incisive (clear and sharp in analysis or expression),poetic and adventurous ballerinas. Yet classical ballet’s loss has been modern dance’s gain. Far from retiring altogether, 48-year-old Whelan is simply moving on – to experiment with a new kind of language.
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Source: theguardian.com