Darci Kistler, a ballerina with the New York City Ballet, retired Sunday. This how I'd like to retire. In amazing shape, being showered with rose petals and loud applause. She is 46 and has been dancing for 30 years. At 16, she was hired and trained by famed choreographer George Balachine. She is the last "Balachine ballerina" to retire.
One dance in her last performance Sunday was with Charles Akegard, above. Here's a small world story. I danced with him (well, not with him, with him--in the same production) of the The Nutcracker one year when I was in the Southold Dance Theater back in South Bend! He was one of the guest artists.
(And P.S. he's married to Sex and the City writer/creator Candace Bushnell! She is the real life "Carrie Bradshaw".)
If you ever watch the 1993 movie The Nutcracker, Darci Kistler is the Sugar Plum Fairy. Watch her in action below! Beautiful...
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