After Royal Ballet principal Darcey Bussell had her first child in 2001, a London critic wrote, "Dancers who have had large families don't stay at the peak of their profession ... If Bussell ever wanted to be a mother of four, she would certainly have to kiss her ambitions goodbye." Last winter, those words still stung, but not enough to deter Bussell. She was 34, pregnant again, and intent on returning to the stage. "I don't feel that old," she said.
American Ballet Theatre's ...