I went to school in New York and grew up in and out of New York. I love it, and I miss it, and every time I go back, I think, 'Why am I in Germany?' I do know that my career is really important to me, and in Germany, they've always been so much more supportive than my previous engagements in the dance world.

Sarah Hay

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I'm not really a girly girl, so for the most part, I'm really into wearing baggy clothes. A little on the grungy side of things for the dance world. I'm not really into the tutus or the flower hair clips, either. As dancers, we're pretty much next to naked with each other all day, so you kind of get used to being not so clothed.

Sarah Hay

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I'm more a 1950s hourglass shape.

Sarah Hay

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I was kind of a loser at ballet school. It's all rich kids, and I was not a wealthy kid. I didn't have the Chanel butterfly clip everyone else did.

Sarah Hay

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I like my body. I don't want to have to change it for anything - even if that means I have to take a step down as a dancer. I don't think I'm ever going to sacrifice my figure for anyone else to accept me.

Sarah Hay

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I tend to be... they say 'workaholic,' which I just find to be 'motivated.'

Sarah Hay

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I like vintage clothes, a lot of '80s band shirts. I wear a lot of my boyfriend's clothes, too.

Sarah Hay

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I prefer to be covered. I don't wear a lot of low-cut things. I'd rather keep the attention to my brain, my face.

Sarah Hay

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I've danced since I was 5 and went to the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center at 7.

Sarah Hay

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Over-the-top dance reality shows are hard for me to watch. The real drama in our world is much more emotional, personal, and extreme. There is manipulation and sneakiness.

Sarah Hay

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I was bullied a lot as a kid.

Sarah Hay

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Women should be happy with their bodies. Not being afraid of yourself is very empowering.

Sarah Hay

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I have a lot of relatives that were dancers and musicians and artists. They basically came out of the womb doing it.

Sarah Hay

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I want to act in a Tarantino movie and be a vixen in one of his films. Maybe I'll secretly drop an episode of 'Flesh and Bone' in his mailbox and see what he thinks.

Sarah Hay

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I'm into the scruff. I like an unkempt man. I mean, not like beard to the chest, but I'm definitely a Johnny Depp kinda girl.

Sarah Hay

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Instead of watching cartoons when I was little, I had Russian ballet videos from, like, the 1950s and 1940s.

Sarah Hay

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I had some struggles to find my footing. I couldn't really find a place to appreciate me - I'm a little bit curvy for the dance world.

Sarah Hay

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I would have to change my entire life if I went into acting. I dance eight hours a day, and then suddenly to be sitting on a set for 12 hours a day is a big difference for my health.

Sarah Hay

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I think that 'Flesh and Bone' represents the dance world very authentically. There's always this aspect of drama put on top of it, and it's showcasing the problems of the dance world, but I've had experiences in reality that were written into the show.

Sarah Hay

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In the dance world, you have to have a certain muscular shape; you have to have long limbs and willowy shoulders. It's hard to have breasts.

Sarah Hay

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I love to play a character. If I'm playing Cinderella or Aurora in 'Sleeping Beauty' or something like that, then I enjoy classical a lot. But to do just a two-minute solo, purely to show classical aesthetic, is not my favorite thing to do.

Sarah Hay

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