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Ballet and Addiction: 2 Industry Leaders Share Their Journeys to Sobriety

Ballet and Addiction: 2 Industry Leaders Share Their Journeys to Sobriety

by Linnea Swarting | Jun 9, 2025 | Company Life, Health & Body, Pointe+, Wellness

 “If I hadn’t been drinking, I could have danced for 10 more years,” says former Houston Ballet principal Lauren Anderson. A major ballet star in the 1980s and ’90s, Anderson struggled with substance and alcohol abuse during her career. “The root of it for me was...
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