I also have a routine with breathing and visualization techniques that I go through when I feel overwhelmed or nervous.

I also use that centering process I mentioned as a way to focus my mind and connect it to my physical body. I feel that when we are aware of our physical bodies, we become more aware of how we exist on the earth and more considerate of others with whom we share the earth.

I would remind people on the planet that this is the only one we have, and we need to take care of it.

When I first came USA, I didn't feel this was my home. This was where I was studying, and then my home was now rejecting me.

Every dancer has injuries, and your injury could happen that season that you were getting that one part that you've wanted to do your whole career. So you have to appreciate every single moment until it happens.

The worst beauty advice that I have ever taken has been from people who have told me that sunscreen isn't necessary. Not true!

Center Stage focused on the drive and what it's like to be a student, and this is what it's like to be an adult and what you need to give up in the pursuit of that passion and that focus.