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Bath Literature Festival: 'You get to ignore the pain' says 'racehorse' Bussell

"We're like racehorses," said Darcey Bussell of ballerinas, "with the things we put our bodies through." The nation's favourite ballet star looked poised and elegant on the Banqueting Room stage in Bath's Guildhall, but her memories of the self-inflicted traumas of classical dancers were shockingly raw.

SOURCE: The Independent at 05:30PM on March 3, 2013

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