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From the upper west side, i was heading downtown, and i remember my manager, gilda, calling me and telling me that i was going to be one of the covers. and i wasjust, like, i couldn t. iwas, like, no, like, not until i see it is it really real. that was an unbelievable time. i had been promoted to principal dancer and itjust was kind of a whirlwind. but even seeing something like this, it took me years to really accept that i had been promoted and that this history had taken place. you know, abt s 75 year history, kind of breaking that barrier of being the first black woman. why do you think you re influential? i ve never been asked that before. erm. you know, i think that because i.i look at myself and my career as not me, you know, it s what i represent. it s all of the people that have gotten me to this place that i stand on the shoulders of. it s giving them voice. it s giving a voice to the voiceless, to so many ....
I found a teacher that would work with me doing floor bar movement and exercises. so i wasn t standing, but i was still continuing to keep my muscles strong and in form. ijust kept working on things that i had control over and i never have followed this path that anyone else has. so i always thought there s still hope, even at 29 years old when i got injured, that i could be a principal dancer. and ijust kind of kept that in my mind. because here you were a soloist. i was still a soloist. another way you ve been influential. ..by the way. 0k. this is good. this must have felt good. that was unbelievably surreal. i remember being. i was on my way to rehearsal from the upper west side, i was heading downtown, and i remember my manager, gilda, calling me and telling me that i was going to be one of the covers. and i wasjust, like, i couldn t. iwas, like, no, like, not until i see it is it really real. ....
Ijust kept working on things that i had control over and i never have followed this path that anyone else has. so i always thought there s still hope, even at 29 years old when i got injured, that i could be a principal dancer. and ijust kind of kept that in my mind. because here you were a soloist. i was still a soloist. another way you ve been influential. ..by the way. 0k. this is good. this must have felt good. that was unbelievably surreal. i remember being. i was on my way to rehearsal from the upper west side, i was heading downtown, and i remember my manager, gilda, calling me and telling me that i was going to be one of the covers. and i wasjust, like, i couldn t. iwas, like, no, like, not until i see it is it really real. that was an unbelievable time. i had been promoted to principal dancer and itjust was kind of a whirlwind. but even seeing something ....