James Whiteside ruptured a tendon on stage last year during a performance of the Nutcracker. An injury that could have ended his career.
“I could barely move my leg at all I could not bend it I had a machine that bent my knee for me.” Whiteside, a principal dancer at American Ballet Theater, said. “It bends your knee on a motor that was excruciating for me.”
Now, he’s about to perform in the same ballet where his injury almost cost him his career.
“I’m incredibly anxious frankly because the Nutcracker is one of the most notoriously difficult ballets,” Whiteside said.
Whiteside knows about difficulty. NY1 documented
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