Originally from Cuba, Company Dancer Javier Morales joined Kansas City Ballet this season.
Q: how did you become a dancer? WHEN DID YOU START DANCING?
A: My mom was a French teacher at the ballet school. I went with her and was watching the ballet classes. I liked it from the beginning. I started taking ballet classes in 1992 or 1993.
Q: what do you enjoy most about being a dancer?
A: I enjoy dancing as if there was nothing more than the dance itself.
Q: do you have hobbies or special interests?
A: I am interested in the history of the world and the human conscience, massages and physical therapy.
Q: What is something most people wouldn’t know about you?
A: I write stories.