How Did Maria Kochetkova Rise to the Top in Ballet? Sheer Obsession

“Everyone who knows [her] remarks on her relentless drive. ‘She will try to get into the building on weekends and holidays,’ says Helgi Tomasson, SFB’s artistic director. ‘It’s all-consuming to her. I sometimes say, ‘Go home. Take a day off.’ But that’s not her.'”