Denise: I Am a 71 Year Old Ballerina. And I Am Just Getting Started.

Most people slow down at 71. Not Denise! Denise found ballet in college... and everything changed. Denise is a visual artist, a photographer, and a woman who has spent years capturing ballerinas across the nation in their most unguarded, most breathtaking moments. But it was not until she stepped into ballet herself that she understood what she had been photographing all along. The intersection of discipline and freedom. Of art and life. Of the body knowing things the mind has not yet figured out. In this episode of "Stories Worth Sipping", Denise sits down with Azizi Marshall at a coffee shop in Downers Grove, Illinois and shares how ballet , even at the age of 71 has not just changed her body. It changed everything. Ballet is art. Art is ballet. And it is never too late to find the thing that makes you come alive. This one will make you want to start something new today. ◼️ How Denise found ballet later in life and what it opened up in her ◼️ The connection between ballet and every other area of her life ◼️ Her life as a visual artist and photographer of ballerinas across the nation ◼️ What she sees through her camera that most people never get to witness ◼️ Why she believes art and ballet are the same thing ◼️ What she wants every person who thinks it is too late to hear If this story moved you, share it with one person who needs to hear it today. That is how this grows. Not through ads, algorithms or cheesy gimmicks. Through people who believe that stories matter, and sharing them with people who need to hear them. The world heals one story at a time. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell so you never miss a story:    / @azizimarshall   Follow Azizi Marshall: Instagram: @azizimarshall LinkedIn: Azizi Marshall Website: azizimarshall.com Stories Worth Sipping: azizimarshall.com/stories-worth-sipping Business inquiries: [email protected] #StoriesWorthSipping #Ballet #AgingGracefully #NeverTooLate #VisualArt #RealStories #HopeAndResilience #BalletAtAnyAge #ArtIsLife #WomenOver70