Suzanne Ferrell was one of the greatest ballerinas in the history of the New York City Ballet. She was the muse of the great George Balanchine, who choreographed many ballets for her, and she was the company star for many years in the 1970s and '80s.
She continued at the company after the great man died in the early 1980s and then, after she retired, she became a ballet master, teaching and coaching other dancers. But then, in 1993, she was fired and banished from the company by the NYCB director Peter Martins with whom she had a bad relationship.
Well, now, Martins is gone, and Suzanne Ferrell is back, coaching dancers for NYCB once again.
It's impossible to imagine that she was gone from the company from more than a quarter of a century since she did so much to define it. And it's great that she agreed to come back after so much time.
It's also a reminder that talent should never be discarded and she always be cherished and engaged, no matter how much time has passed.
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