{"id":771,"date":"2020-12-26T19:23:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T20:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/?p=771"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:28:49","slug":"12-childhood-pics-and-videos-that-prove-these-stars-were-born-to-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fullrenovations.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/26\/12-childhood-pics-and-videos-that-prove-these-stars-were-born-to-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Childhood Pics and Videos That Prove These Stars Were Born to Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you hear names like Maria Kochetkova<\/a>, Sutton Foster<\/a> and Robbie Fairchild<\/a>, <\/strong>you immediately picture flashes of them as the fully-formed, phenomenal performers they are today. <\/p>\n

But even when they were kids, they had a glimmer of their future star power, giving a glimpse of what was to come. Thankfully for Instagram, we’ve got the pictures and home videos to prove it. <\/p>\n

Robbie and Megan Fairchild<\/h3>\n

\n\tNow:<\/strong>
\n\t Talk about talent running in the family. Sister Megan<\/a> is now a principal at New York City Ballet, while her brother Robbie has since departed NYCB, delving in to Broadway and film, including the much-anticipated Cats<\/a> <\/em>film.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThen: <\/strong>
\n\tThe sibling duo was putting on their own shows at home, with Megan lending her old costume to her Robbie. Mid-performance, Robbie even gets snot rubbed off his face.\n<\/p>\n

Diana Vishneva<\/h3>\n

\n\tNow:<\/strong>
\n\t Full-on ballet royalty, at 43, she’s still performing with the Mariinsky and runs her contemporary dance festival, CONTEXT.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThen: <\/strong>
\n\tBack in 1994, 18-year-old Vishneva<\/a> gave a welcome address to kick off the new school year at the Vaganova Ballet Academy. It was an honor awarded to the program’s most promising senior student.\n<\/p>\n

Natalia Arja and Renan Cerdeiro<\/h3>\n

\n\tNow:<\/strong>
\n\t The longtime friends are colleagues at Miami City Ballet, where Arja<\/a> is a principal soloist and Cerdeiro is a principal.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThen: <\/strong>
\n\tBack home in their native Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the pair was chummy, seizing the opportunity to dance together even outside of class.<\/p>\n

James Whiteside<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tNow: <\/strong>
\n\t\tWhiteside<\/a>
\n\t\t is his own brand of triple threat: a principal at American Ballet Theatre, pop performer JbDubs and a choreographer. <\/strong>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\tThen: <\/strong>
\n\t\tHe was a regular teen who admittedly loved dancing to Britney Spears. We can’t say we’re surprised.\n\t<\/p>\n

Daniil Simkin<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tNow:<\/strong>
\n\t\t An international ballet superstar<\/a>\u2014currently a principal at Staatsballett Berlin and American Ballet Theatre\u2014known for his bounding jumps and sailing turns\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\tThen:<\/strong>
\n\t\t A promising young dancer, known for his bounding jumps and sailing turns. Some things never change.\n\t<\/p>\n

Catherine Hurlin<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tNow: <\/strong>
\n\t\tA captivating soloist who’s scooping up roles at American Ballet Theatre, Hurlin is also known by her nickname, Hurricane<\/a>.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\tThen: <\/strong>
\n\t\tAt age 3, Hurlin<\/a> seemed to be channeling Isadorables vibes, posing in a flowing vintage dress.\n\t<\/p>\n

Kathryn Morgan<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tNow: <\/strong>
\n\t\tMorgan<\/a>
\n\t\t leaps back into company life this season as a soloist at Miami City Ballet.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\tThen: <\/strong>
\n\t\tFrom a young age, she was cheesing it up and already feeling at home in a mess of tulle and sequins.\n\t<\/p>\n

Kyle Abraham<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tNow:<\/strong>
\n\t\t The busy MacArthur “genius” choreographer<\/a> is creating work this season for his own company, A.I.M, plus Misty Copeland, Paul Taylor Dance Company and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\tThen: <\/strong>
\n\t\tAbraham was that cool kid in high school who was also deeply intellectual. A longtime music lover, he played cello as a teen.<\/strong>\n\t<\/p>\n

Maria Kochetkova<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tNow:<\/strong>
\n\t\t Though the ballet maverick has struck out on her own<\/a>, leaving traditional company life behind, Kochetkova continues to perform around the world.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\tThen: <\/strong>
\n\t\tWhile most ballet students dance in a Nutcracker <\/em>growing up, very few can say their first was at the Bolshoi Ballet School. Welcome to the life of Kochetkova.\n\t<\/p>\n

Ryan Heffington<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tNow:<\/strong>
\n\t\t Heffington<\/a> has molded a career out of making the awkward enticingly cool, whether he’s choreographing for Sia or crafting the central “five movements” for Netflix’s “The OA.”\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\tThen: <\/strong>
\n\t\tHe was a spiffy dance student who appeared several times on “Star Search.”\n\t<\/p>\n

Karina Gonz\u00e1lez<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tNow:<\/strong>
\n\t\t A longtime principal at Houston Ballet, the audience favorite also became a mother last year.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\tThen: <\/strong>
\n\t\tAs a kid in Venezuela, Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a> was literally bending over backwards to dance. After showing up at the wrong address for dance lessons, we’re extremely <\/em>glad she was swiftly redirected to the right school.\n\t<\/p>\n

Sutton Foster<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tNow: <\/strong>
\n\t\tFoster is preparing to strike Broadway gold once again for the 2020 revival of The Music Man<\/em>, in which she’ll star opposite Hugh Jackman.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\tThen: <\/strong>
\n\t\tBased on this early tap routine, Sutton was clearly destined for Broadway.\n\t<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

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