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Interviewed for Revealed at a sport's injury clinic near Tokyo, Tetsuya Kumakawa talks frankly about his beginnings, the Royal Ballet, the K-Ballet and his hopes to continue as a performer in the years ahead.

CNN: When did you start dancing?

Kumakawa: I started dancing when I was ten years old. Until then I was just playing baseball and football like the other kids. And of course where I grew up ballet wasn't so popular, but it happened to be that I was getting involved. Read full article »