Editing Suzanne Farrell (section)

===Career as a dance teacher===
Twenty-eight years of an occupation which takes a tremendous physical toll on the body began to come to an end in 1983. She started to develop [[arthritis]] in her right hip and despite two years of varied treatments, by 1985 (at the age of 40), her career on stage was almost over. She struggled for several years but ultimately retired from performing in 1989.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

She then moved on to passing on the ballets of Balanchine to the next generation of ballet dancers, working with companies around the world, such as those in Berlin and Vienna, as well as the [[Paris Opera Ballet]], [[Kirov Ballet]] and the [[Bolshoi Ballet]]. In 1993, the New York City Ballet dismissed her from her teaching position with the company.<ref name=JD>{{cite news|last=Dunning|first=Jennifer|author-link=Jennifer Dunning|title=City Ballet Breaks Off Its Long Relationship With Suzanne Farrell|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 4, 1993|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE2D81731F937A3575BC0A965958260|access-date=March 23, 2008}}</ref>

In 2000, Farrell began teaching in the Dance Department at [[Florida State University]] ([[Tallahassee, Florida]]).<ref name=kcbio />