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I need to have dark chocolate in the cupboard - Green & Black's is good, but any will do. Darcey Bussell

Good Dark Will Black Cupboard Green Any Chocolate Need

For me, in my life, dyslexia has been a little bit of a blessing. It helped me find my strength and directed me towards what I really wanted to do. Darcey Bussell

Life Strength Me Blessing My Life Bit Has-Been Find Directed Towards Been Wanted Dyslexia Little Little Bit Really Helped

Dancers are working their bodies just like a marathon runner would, and you have to eat to make it through a three-hour performance. Dancers put their bodies through incredible strain. Darcey Bussell

You Incredible Dancers Runner Would Eat Through Put Performance Like Make Just Strain Bodies Working Marathon

Being a full-time mother is one of the biggest jobs in the world; it's like another career for me. I love every moment of it - even the challenge of making cupcakes. Darcey Bussell

Love Me World Mother Challenge Every Jobs Like Another Making Being Biggest Full-Time Moment Even Career

Dancing has always been a passion for me, one that I will probably never be rid of. Darcey Bussell

Me Passion Will Dancing Never Always Been Rid

I joined the Royal Ballet School when I was 13. Before then, I'd done ballet twice a week after school. The rest of my class had started aged 11, so I'd missed two years and was really far behind. Darcey Bussell

You don't just become a success overnight. Darcey Bussell

Success You Become Overnight Just

I know, for me, dance did inspire me. Not just in how I feel but that confidence of being able to hold myself and come into a room and just feel comfortable with my body and how I stand and how you present yourself and just how you wear clothes, even. Darcey Bussell

Myself Me You Confidence Yourself Inspire Dance Clothes Wear Able Feel Come Know Comfortable How Did Just Being Hold Room Body Stand Even Present

I hate exercise when it's a regime, but I love a bit of dance, just moving the whole body. Darcey Bussell

Love Hate Dance Bit Exercise Just Regime Moving Body Whole

I can't imagine leaving the theatre altogether. My dressing room has become a home from home. Darcey Bussell

Home Theatre Become Dressing Dressing Room Altogether Leaving Room Imagine

Before a show, I usually give myself two-and-a-half hours to get ready. I prepare my shoes first. New ballet pumps can sound like tap shoes. You have to take the noise out of them by hitting them against stone. It takes half an hour to do each pair, and I can go through three pairs in one night. Darcey Bussell

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My main vice is Herta frankfurters - it's amazing that they stay fresh for ages. They're not very healthy, but they are my treat. Darcey Bussell

Treat Amazing Healthy Stay Main Fresh Very Vice Ages

We always want what we don't have, and I'd like a long, sophisticated nose rather than a short, turned-up one. Darcey Bussell

Long Rather Like Sophisticated Always Than Short Nose Want

Because of the way I'm built, I constantly have to strengthen. This is sort of a ritual: I put on my tights first, and right when I'm about to put on my costume, I get down on the floor, and I plank. David Hallberg

First Down Way Constantly About Costume Ritual Put Sort Because Built Tights Get Plank Floor Right Strengthen

I love the dancers in the Bolshoi, but all of my Moscow friends are outside the company. A friend introduced me to Vika Gazinskaya, a well-known Russian designer. I met her group. The rest is history. David Hallberg

Love Me History Rest Met Group Dancers Introduced Russian Outside Moscow Friend Friends Company Her Designer

New York at times runs me dry because there's so much to do. There's never enough time to do everything. It's nice to have the balance in Moscow. David Hallberg

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When I went to Moscow, I felt I was relearning Swan Lake - which was written for the Bolshoi - and being immersed in a tradition and history I had never experienced. It took a while to adjust to living there and learning the language, but now I have lots of friends. I get the best of two completely different worlds. David Hallberg

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Ballet is incestuous. This world is smaller than small. David Hallberg

World Small Smaller Ballet Than

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