How I witnessed a focused young girl grow into the woman who personified the Royal Ballet.
William Trevitt and Darcey Bussell in Kiss at Sadler's Wells. Photograph: Tristram Kenton
Darcey was the new girl in our class when she joined the Royal Ballet School aged 13. It turns out she found it quite difficult to adjust to this new environment, but I was rather interested in the differences between her and the other girls - those very things that made her feel like she didn't belong.
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