Paint, and draw, while Wright covers their social scene: "I like toįor 20-somethings, the young dancers are surprisingly future Somehow Anderson finds time to play the cello, Love hanging out with school and church friends and Anderson'sįamily in nearby Modesto. Both are finishing up liberal arts degrees, and they "Sometimes he won't even have to tell me he's upsetĪbout something because I saw his rehearsal, so I know he'll needīallet isn't the only thing in the couple's life Stuff that's challenging, that she might be exhausted or
You can empathize-I might know she's working on According to Anderson, "that's a huge benefit of being married and working Profession makes it easier to offer emotional support. Offstage, though, they say that sharing the joys and trials of a "Sometimes a correction becomes more personal than They think it's fun to have moments together in a ballet,īut agree that it's better that they don't partner each other. "I'm too tallįor him when I go on pointe," says Wright, who's willowy andĪll legs. Of time together at work-and even less onstage. To say that because we work in a great place!"ĭespite having similar schedules, they don't often spend a lot "Professionally, we're prepared to do what's best forīoth of us," Anderson says. The two with the conviction never to be apart again. It was meant to be, it would work out-and it did." It also left Relationship stronger," says Anderson, 23. "We knew being apart would be tough, but it made the I didn't know if I couldĭo it for another year." Fortunately, she didn't have to Īnderson joined her in San Francisco in 2001. Other, but our phone bill was horrendous. That love was tested early on, when Wright was offered a corpsĬontract with SFB in 2000. Within weeks of their firstĭate the teenagers were saying, "I love you." That a 17-year-old would want to face a roomful of preschoolers. He could help Wright teach a Sunday school class.
The two met at Pacific Northwest Ballet School in the summer ofġ999, when Wright was in the school's Professional Division andĪnderson was a new student there. It's not because they've been around each other so Two parrot each other's thoughts like veteran spouses. "We're best friends." Married for only eight months, the "That's our whole relationship," says Anderson. The glue that binds the two San Franciscoīallet corps members together is simple stuff: They have fun together. Garrett Anderson and Courtney Wright are what we all wish we
MLA style: "Just married, still dancing." The Free Library.