Feeling stuck in a “cocoon” of terrifying depression and anorexia, Lindsey Stirling wondered if she would ever experience feelings of happiness again.
But after quickstepping around the Dancing With the Stars ballroom in a stunning monarch butterfly-inspired outfit with dance pro Mark Ballas on Monday, the YouTube star opened up to Et about how she was able to emerge from her dark struggles.
“I feel like I had to go through my own cocoon process,” she told Et’s Cameron Mathison, explaining how she related to the transformative theme of her performance, in which she and Ballas started out as caterpillars then emerged from a giant cocoon as butterflies. “I think everybody does, and for me personally, it was that I struggled with anorexia and depression for years and at certain times I thought, ‘It’s too hard to get out of this.’”
“I was stuck in a caterpillar phase, but I had to...
But after quickstepping around the Dancing With the Stars ballroom in a stunning monarch butterfly-inspired outfit with dance pro Mark Ballas on Monday, the YouTube star opened up to Et about how she was able to emerge from her dark struggles.
“I feel like I had to go through my own cocoon process,” she told Et’s Cameron Mathison, explaining how she related to the transformative theme of her performance, in which she and Ballas started out as caterpillars then emerged from a giant cocoon as butterflies. “I think everybody does, and for me personally, it was that I struggled with anorexia and depression for years and at certain times I thought, ‘It’s too hard to get out of this.’”
“I was stuck in a caterpillar phase, but I had to...
- 9/26/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
3 Arts Entertainment has hired Magical Elves development executive Dunia McNeily as a manager in its Los Angeles office, where she will work predominately with unscripted talent on the hosting, acting and branding side. She had been Director of Development and head of Digital & Branded Content at Magical Elves and developed series including Netflix’s Chasing Cameron, YouTube Red’s Lindsey Stirling: Brave Enough, Nickelodeon’s All In with Cam Newton, CNBC’s Cleveland Hustle…...
- 9/26/2017
- Deadline TV
Image Source: Getty / Steve Granitz Every season, there is one contestant who takes Dancing With the Stars by storm, and this time it's Lindsey Stirling. During the show's season 25 premiere on Monday, the violinist wowed the audience as she effortlessly performed the cha cha with her partner, Mark Ballas. Seriously, she looked less like one of the stars and more like a professional. After picking up our jaws from the floor following her showstopping number, we couldn't help but want to find out more about her. If you're just as intrigued as we are, keep scrolling for these basic facts about the talented 30-year-old. RelatedDancing With the Stars: Here's Who Is Joining the Season 25 Cast She started taking violin lessons when she was 5. There's a reason Lindsey is so good at what she does - she started practicing violin at a very early age. Due to her family's financial limitations,...
- 9/20/2017
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
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