She was someone special, and she enjoyed being treated like someone special.
She recalled wanting to see sold-out performances at New York City Ballet, and Peter Martins escorting her to his own seat in the auditorium while he then watched from backstage. Yes, she liked that.
On at least one, but I think maybe two occasions during the 1980s Martins asked her to leave ABT and join the artistic staff of NYCB. She said No for a number of reasons, but actually she coached some ABT dancers in Balanchine, perhaps the first being Makarova in Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux for a gala in the late-1970s.
I talked with her about Balanchine rep and style many times. She had her own ideas about it and she also respected the people who had actually worked with Balanchine. I remember her suggesting to Baryshnikov in 1983 that Gelsey Kirkland coach dancers in Symphonie Concertante, which ABT had just reconstructed.