Name: 拒絕哈佛的舞者 (Meet The Dancing Prodigy Who Turned Down Harvard)
Uploaded: 2021-06-09T20:59:30.000Z
Duration: 4 min 10 s

But, beneath all of that, it's the most difficult thing I could imagine.

但是，除此之外，我覺得它是世界上最困難的事情。

Ballet can completely break you, and it's pretty all or nothing.

芭蕾可以徹底地擊敗你，它是一種孤注一擲的投入。

I didn't start studying ballet seriously at City Ballet School until 14,

我直到14歲才開始在城市芭蕾舞學校系統性地學習芭蕾舞，

A lot of girls start when they're like 6, 7, 8,

很多女孩都是6、7、8歲就開始學了，

and I started in level three with the 11-year-olds.

剛開始我跟11歲的學生一起上第三級。

Did you ever feel dejected because you were older,

你曾經因為自己年紀比較大而沮喪嗎？

thinking that you had to do so much more to catch up?

想著得付出更多才能趕上落後的進度？

So, I would leave the class almost every day

and go cry in the bathroom before coming back in

就會躲到廁所裡哭完再回教室上課

because the 11-year-olds were so talented.

因為那些11歲的同學都很有天分。

and I thought about quitting all the time.

It's hard because you don't see improvement day to day.

難熬的原因是你不會每天看到明顯的進步。

and that feels so good when you can see that you've accomplished something.

Tell me about some of the competitions that you've won.

This year, we did participate in the Youth America Grand Prix.

今年我們參加了美國青年芭蕾大賽。

It's the biggest student ballet competition in the world,

這是全球最盛大的學生芭蕾舞比賽，

So I received a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School.

因此我獲得皇家芭蕾舞學院的獎學金。

And how difficult is it to get into the Royal Ballet School?

You have a very distinct ritual when it comes to performance and ballet.

對於上台表演和芭蕾舞，你有個特別的習慣。

So, part of the ritual for me is a very set routine for preparing your body,

我的習慣就是做固定的暖身運動，

and in doing such a repetitive and specific warm-up,

you also get your mind into that sort of zen zone.

the music activates the muscle memory when you're dancing.

跳舞時，音樂可以喚醒肌肉記憶。

just thinking about the movements, and also,

You do the ideal in your head and hope it translates.

在腦中進行完美預演，期望能成功地演繹。

As a student, each performance matters so much,

對學生而言，每次表演都很重要，

because you just don't have as many in the competitions,

The visualization is so important, because it shows me

想像對我來說很重要，因為它能讓我知道

what I'm going for, what I'd like the performance to be.

我應該做到什麼、我想呈現怎麼樣的表演。

because your body recognizes what's going on and what's going to happen.

因為身體知道該怎麼做，也記得接下來的舞步。

What lessons have you learned about success?

The most surprising thing for me has just been

I mean, when I started and I was nowhere near the top of my class,

我的意思是，剛學芭蕾的時候，我的表現並不出色，

I really fell in love with dance when I discovered classical ballet.

認識古典芭蕾後，我深深愛上跳舞。

And it's kind of strange, but what I like the most about it is just how challenging it is,

雖然聽來奇怪，但我最喜歡的是跳舞充滿挑戰，

and improvement that you see is directly proportional to what you put in.

還有付出多少努力就會有多少回報。

and you decide how much better you get, and it's all on you,

也可以決定進步多少，一切都在自己的掌控之中，

which, that independence and control, is really satisfying.

這種獨立性和掌控權帶來很大的成就感。

about Rio's dream of becoming a professional ballerina

我們介紹了 Rio 成為專業芭蕾舞者的夢想

and the rituals that are helping her get there.

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The ritual of swimming is so important for me.

游泳的習慣對我來說非常重要。

Every day my body gets to be immersed in the bay.

每天我的身體都沉浸在海灣中，

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