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Dance Is My Life

Time to say goodbye | Foto: John Williams  by Judy Smith "I started to dance ballet when I was 4 years old. My parents just wanted me to have an extra activity. With 12, I brought my first point shoes and knew that I wanted to be a classical dancer. I signed my first professional contract when I was 18, and since that time, after dance to 3 important dance companies, 20 years passed. Today is time to say goodbye, is my farewell day and I decided to write this testimonial because I want to everybody knows how I am extremely thankful to be a ballerina. I danced all over the world, had many different partners, learnt that the body is an amazing machine and my work instrument. I smiled, I cried. Pain was my friend, there was no one day that I could not fell pain. But the dance pain is amazing if you really want it to your life.   Now I have another kind of pain, that is not physical. Performing Swan Lake | Photo: J.W Today Orange County Ballet Company perfor...