Pivot Pointes: Center Stage to Starting Over | Beatriz Stix-Brunell | TEDxStanford

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Most people spend years trying to perfect one craft. After an 11-year career as a professional ballerina with The Royal Ballet in London, Beatriz Stix-Brunell mastered one of the world's most demanding—then walked away to start over as a Stanford student. What does it mean to start a new life, and how might we approach it in a way that stretches our vision of possibility? Beatriz knows firsthand the demands of mastering a discipline and how to apply the rigor and skills of a past life towards a new direction. Prior to coming to Stanford to pursue her undergraduate degree in Symbolic Systems, Beatriz had an 11-year career as a professional ballerina with The Royal Ballet in London. For over two decades, her day-to-day consisted of rigorous training in a high performance environment. Having transitioned from ballet to academia, Beatriz understands firsthand the demands of mastering a discipline and navigating a major career transition; she has leveraged the rigor and skills honed through

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