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What’s up with these dancers who don’t age? — 9 Comments

  1. Carmen de Lavallade is an extraordinarily gracious soul. A beautiful person, inside and out. Supremely delicate and remarkably strong all at the same time. A child like being and a warrior all combined. Thanks so much for sharing this!

  2. Dang. She seems like woman of 60 or so in the interview. Obvious energy and passion still flowing through her being. A life of dedication to exercise and taking care of oneself can do wonders, but Carmen has such a zest for what she does and her life. It’s a marvelous thing. Oh, that we all could have that magic combination coursing through our veins.

  3. Jeffery Holder….not being much of a dance afficianado (am I even close on the spelling?) I remember him from 7-Up commercials in the late 60’s or early 70’s (“These…are cola nuts….”). He was also in the James Bond film, “Live and Let Die”, I think.

    Had no idea he was still alive.

  4. Dear Jean,

    You should know – it isn’t attitude but the relinquishing of what most of us would call a life.

    Years ago David Susskind had two New York City Ballet dancers on his show who were married. They said that if they wanted to have any kind of a relationship they had to be married to another professional dancer.

    Because their lives were
    Get up
    Eat a half bread crust
    Loosen up
    exercise
    rehearse
    relax
    more rehearsing
    another half-crust of bread
    sleep

    Had I treated my first car, a 1956 Pontiac, the same way it would probably still be running like a top (note: with all the stuff about mileage today I’d like to note that it had a 318 cubic inch V-8 and got 25 mpg.

  5. Nolanimrod said,
    “Because their lives were
    Get up
    Eat a half bread crust
    Loosen up
    exercise
    rehearse
    relax
    more rehearsing
    another half-crust of bread
    sleep.”
    True, that. What dedication it requires.

  6. Those clips were delightful. She has such a remarkably youthful voice and exudes positive energy.

  7. Nolanimrod forgot:

    Trips to the chiropractor
    Bandaid for the feet/toes
    Ben-Gay or Arnica balm
    Pony Tail holders

    (You can always recognize a former/current dancer – head erect and the best posture of anyone else around.)

  8. Thanks for bringing this dance world to guys like me who never had an appreciation for it before. And I did do some healing work with a couple of dancers in NY, but never went to watch them.
    This woman exemplifies the chinese credo “after 40? A woman gets the face she deserves.”. They both exude love of each other and love of life. That is the true fountain of youth.
    And I didn’t know he was the famous 7 UP guy with the booming voice. Their voices still carry the sounds of a vibrant life force.

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