Zippora karz biography of rory

The sugarless plum : [a memoir] Bookreader Item Preview. It appears your browser does not have it turned on. Please see your browser settings for this feature. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Miss Karz was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of 21 and is passionate today about motivating others to take care of themselves and live their dreams.

Zippora Karz is a former soloist with the New York City Ballet where she performed for 16 years on stage and in televised performances. Skip to content. Facebook page opens in new window YouTube page opens in new window Twitter page opens in new window. My hand shook so hard I could barely get the drop of blood I needed onto my strip and into the monitor for my reading.

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In the middle of an amusement park, listening to the blissful screams of people on a roller coaster outside, I realized that I was on a roller coaster of my own. The reading that my monitor eventually presented me was shocking! I immediately ate enough sugar tablets to bring it back up, but did not know how long it might be until I felt okay.

For a moment we just stared at each other. All my counts and steps, who to watch out for and who to get next to for the whole ballet—how could I tell her all this in less than sixty seconds?

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And Romy was dancing herself—she would have done anything for me in that moment—but I knew it was hopeless. Although Romy continued to fight for my costume, I put it back on. The sugar would work eventually, I told myself. There was no actual dancing for me in the first two sections, but the counts involved in Glass Pieces made me just as nervous as if I were dancing a lead role.

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What I remember most is the second. I was the leader of the line of women who emerge from the wings in silhouette upstage. The whole audience is focused on us. But, even more, I feared passing out. Somehow—probably because of all those rehearsals with Jerry Robbins—my body remembered what to do. By the third movement, when I had to dance complicated steps all out, the sugar had gotten into my system and I no longer feared I would lose consciousness.

Of course, my body was totally shaken and I was very disoriented.

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That was the first of many different episodes that I would encounter as a performer with diabetes. Many times I questioned whether I could continue to dance, but my love and passion for dancing gave me the strength to continue. I must add how important and helpful it has been for me through the years to talk with those closest to me about what I was going through.

It has taken me many years to better understand not only how to deal with diabetes but also how to dance with it. I will never be glad that I have diabetes, but I cannot regret what it has taught me. I have been so fortunate to dance with this great company, to perform these great ballets. January 27th, New year, new stories—begin your journey today!

Zippora Karz Zippora Karz is a former soloist ballerina with the New York City Ballet where she performed for 16 years on stage and in televised performances. We Love FreshFiction.