A Day in the Life of a Dancer

Gillian Murphy, a principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre, shares a diary entry from her jam-packed rehearsal day. After company class, she rehearsed dances for 6.5 hours to prepare for American Ballet Theatre’s 75th anniversary season. The journal also records the dancer’s meals and to-do list. Murphy appears in American Ballet Theatre: A History, streaming online.

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Producer – Christina Knight | Designer – Kyle Sweet

See the full film American Ballet Theatre: A History.