Star ballerina Sylvie Guillem is traveling the world these days, having left life in a company behind. “Had she stayed with the Paris Opera Ballet, she would now have reached the company’s mandatory retirement age of 42. She shrugs off this notion with disdain. ‘Older is better. You have maturity, you have experiences, and you want to live all the minutes. Soon I am going to have to stop. I’m not blind. I’m not stupid. But I want to make the most of every second that is left.”