John Renvall

"I'm very hard on myself. And I can go and smash a door down if (a performance) doesn't go well." American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Johan Renvall laughs nervously. "Not really. But. . . ." Intensive self-criticism seems to be the guiding principal of the slight, boyish Swedish-born dancer, who occasionally interjects brief, hurried asides into a guardedly upbeat conversation.

"I'm very hard on myself. And I can go and smash a door down if (a performance) doesn't go well." American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Johan Renvall laughs nervously. "Not really. But. . . ." Intensive self-criticism seems to be the guiding principal of the slight, boyish Swedish-born dancer, who occasionally interjects brief, hurried asides into a guardedly upbeat conversation.