Balance - My Life as a Ballerina | Yuan Yuan Tan 谭元元 | TEDxShanghai

"It takes so much dedication to this fine art. I work very hard every day because I will always want to try my best and do my best to fulfill the feelings beyond the stage. With achievement there is always sacrifise, and I sacrificed my life. All my life is on stage, but I enjoy each moment. As long as I’m happy on stage, as long as the audience still loves me, I will keep dancing until I decide. I just want fate to take me wherever I can go."

TEDxShanghai May 2016
theme: Balance

Tan Yuan Yuan 谭元元
Prima Ballerina
From child prodigy to the youngest principal dancer of the San Francisco Ballet, Tan Yuan Yuan's celebrated career spans twenty years of poise and perfection. Her ethereal grace and unique style of dancing has astonished audiences and fans around the world. Beginning as a ballet student in Shanghai to becoming the star of the San Francisco Ballet, the oldest company in the United States, Tan Yuan Yuan is hailed as one of the greatest ballerinas of her generation and certainly the most accomplished from China. Tan’s storied career has brought her international recognition for excellence in a demanding and unforgiving art form requiring immense physical and mental discipline. One out of a billion, she chronicles her meteoric rise to the top, her pursuit of perfection, and maintaining balance while staying on pointe.

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