Editing Suzanne Farrell (section)

==Early life==
Farrell was born '''Roberta Sue Ficker''' in Cincinnati, Ohio. She received her early training at the [[Cincinnati Conservatory of Music]].<ref name="Bentley 1990">{{cite book |last1=Farrell |first1=Suzanne |last2=Bentley |first2=Toni |author2-link=Toni Bentley |title=Holding on to the Air |url=https://archive.org/details/holdingontoaira00farr |url-access=registration |year=1990 |publisher=Summit Books |location=New York |isbn=9780671682224}}</ref>{{rp|29–30}} In 1960, she was selected to study at choreographer [[George Balanchine]]'s [[School of American Ballet]] with a [[Ford Foundation]] scholarship.<ref name="Bentley 1990" />{{rp|44}} Suzanne, Beverly (the younger of her two older sisters) and their mother moved to [[The Ansonia]] apartment-hotel in New York City.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Acocella |first=Joan |date=6 January 2003 |title=Second Act |url=https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/2003-01-06/ |url-access=subscription | magazine=The New Yorker |location=New York |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref> In 1961, she joined the [[New York City Ballet]] (NYCB) and became Balanchine's muse for many of his ballets.<ref name="Bentley 1990" />{{rp|54}}