I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly not all tutus! So experience of other dance forms is a good idea.

Deborah Bull CBE (born 22 March 1963) is an English dancer writer and broadcaster and Creative Director of the Royal Opera House. Born in Derby and brought up in Kent and Lincolnshire Deborah Bull studied dance from the age of seven first locally and then on the recommendation of her teacher at the Royal Ballet School.