Giving up dancing

I remember. . . my dad -- he just had both knees replaced.

He's a ballet dancer.

And I remember him literally. . . like. . . weeping. . . and just saying:

"Oh, my God, you know. I get it."

"I get what it is not to dance any more."

Charlotte d'Amboise speaking about her father Jacques in the documentary Every Little Step. 2008.

Jacques d'Amboise speaking about dancing

Ask the gymnast. . . "Is it worth it?" That tore her shoulder but was in the Olympics.

Ask the farmer. . . who have thick calluses on their hands, the working-man hands, "Is it worth it?"

It's a price you pay.

You never know what's the next day.

So each night that you go on that stage is opening night, and it's also closing night. You don't know for sure.

It becomes everything there is. . . .

The cosmos.

The hardest thing is when you can't dance.

Jacques d'Amboise speaking in the documentary: Every Little Step. 2008.