At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of the Metropolitan Opera. Maria Karnilova balletbarredance Change image and share on social
If you relax too much, the subconscious plays the role; the conscious does something else, rather than the other way around, which is the way it's supposed to be. Maria Karnilova consciousplayrelax Change image and share on social
Once on stage, I was thinking of something else, and I forgot my line. I became so frightened. The girl I was playing with also became so frightened, she couldn't give me the next line. I just walked off stage. Maria Karnilova forgetfrightengirl share on social
My mother never learned English, but in Russia, the greatest thing was to give a child to the arts. And so they gave me to the ballet. Maria Karnilova artballetchild Change image and share on social