{"id":51895,"date":"2020-09-01T10:49:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T10:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/?p=51895"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:33:41","slug":"megan-fairchild-balanchine-broadway-and-the-stress-of-becoming-a-principal-at-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/megan-fairchild-balanchine-broadway-and-the-stress-of-becoming-a-principal-at-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Fairchild &#8211; Balanchine, Broadway and the stress of becoming principal at 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Due to the shock of being thrust into the spotlight two years after joining the corps of the New York City Ballet, she hasn\u2019t forgotten how tough early years in a ballet company are \u2013 that\u2019s why she always tries to help newcomers of her company to keep calm and to give them some advice. Now that she is one of the brightest American ballet stars, Megan Fairchild explains how she\u2019s keeping fit in these semi-lockdown months, why meditation is helping her to accept her perfectionist mentality and the way in which Broadway changed her. Here she even reveals she is known for having a bag of Peanut M&amp;Ms during the rehearsal day<br \/>\n<strong><em>by Alessandro Bizzotto<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51901\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/abo-subscribe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-51901\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-\u00a9-Steven-Pan-Cole-Haan-_-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-\u00a9-Steven-Pan-Cole-Haan-_-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-\u00a9-Steven-Pan-Cole-Haan-_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-\u00a9-Steven-Pan-Cole-Haan-_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-\u00a9-Steven-Pan-Cole-Haan-_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-\u00a9-Steven-Pan-Cole-Haan-_-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-\u00a9-Steven-Pan-Cole-Haan-_-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-\u00a9-Steven-Pan-Cole-Haan-_-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-\u00a9-Steven-Pan-Cole-Haan-_-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-\u00a9-Steven-Pan-Cole-Haan-_.jpg 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Fairchild \u00a9 Steven Pan &#8211; Cole Haan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51897\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/abo-subscribe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-in-Balanchines-Raymonda-Variations-\u00a9-Erin-Baiano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-in-Balanchines-Raymonda-Variations-\u00a9-Erin-Baiano.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-in-Balanchines-Raymonda-Variations-\u00a9-Erin-Baiano-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Megan-Fairchild-in-Balanchines-Raymonda-Variations-\u00a9-Erin-Baiano-600x464.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Fairchild in Balanchine\u2019s &#8220;Raymonda Variations&#8221; 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