As a child, I had been told that I was exactly what a ballerina should be. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in life confusion tends to arise and only dialogue of dance seems to make sense.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
I was a professional ballerina. After becoming an actress, I did a lot of theater, which included musical theater. The first musical… — Juliet Landau Copy Share Image
What really matters is that 'Black Swan' deploys and exaggerates all the cliches of earlier ballet movies, especially 'The Red Shoes,' another… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“She walks like a ballerina in dance slippers, her feet as articulate as hands, a little vessel of grace moving out into… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
The ballerina style is here to stay. An added advantage is that the shoes blend well with Indian as well as Western… — Priya Sachdev Copy Share Image
My body is very different from most of the dancers I dance with. My hair is different than most I dance with.… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
“Transcend the terrestrial; surpass the celestial, from nature’s hands when you receive the sublime pleasures of dance.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
From the age of three to 15, I wanted to be a ballerina and trained really, really hard. Then I had that… — Kiesza Copy Share Image
I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
The first time the Kirov ballet was seen in America was on Sept. 11, 1961. The ballet was 'Swan Lake.' The ballerina… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“Audience of angels descend in the ambiance reciting praises in your glory, when you wear your dance shoes, when you arrive at… — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
Fonteyn was our first proper British ballerina, and from the moment I started dancing, her image engulfed me. In my first year… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
I know there are a lot of eyes on me now from young girls, and it makes me so proud. The only… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
The 'feminine' woman is forever static and childlike. She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
I have a sister who is a dancer and dance teacher. We grew up dancing together. I wanted to become a ballerina… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
In theatre or in ballet, the ballerina always passes on what they know. It's a hands-on craft. You can't really learn the… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
Few things are more beautiful to me than a bunch of thuggish, heavily tattooed line cooks moving around each other like ballerinas… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
Stretching before and after every workout keeps muscles supple and helps elongate the lines of a ballerina's limbs. — Mary Helen Bowers Copy Share Image
I was talking in an interview about how I would love to have a ballerina flat for men. Repetto heard about it… — Stromae Copy Share Image
When I was young I was soft spoken and a little bit timid and passive. My dream then was to be a… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm seeing myself in a different way than the people in the audience see me, 'cause to me, I think I… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
“If you opened the dictionary and searched for the meaning of a Goddess, you would find the reflection of a dancing lady.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
In what grade do we stop believing in ourselves? I asked. In what grade do we stop believing, period? I mean, SOMEONE… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life.… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
Did I ever tell you my pet peeve?' No,' I said. People who dress up their pets to look like Little Lord… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
Being a ballerina, you don't ever want to show yourself less than perfect, ever. That's what your goal is: 24/7 perfection. — Wendy Whelan Copy Share Image
The prima ballerinas who taught me were far more scary than Gordon Ramsay. They'd scream at me and pull my legs and… — Jennifer Ellison Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a ballerina as a child - I had a tutu, and I used to stage my own ballets… — Lucy Hawking Copy Share Image
I have too much respect for ballet to dare practice it. I did ask ballerina Megan LeCrone to teach me jetés. She… — Elad Lassry Copy Share Image
If you're wearing ballerina flats during the day, throw on a pair of strappy sandals with a heel on them and some… — Peter Som Copy Share Image
With 'Black Swan,' the ballerina saga flips its tiara and goes on a hallucinatory bender, a scary acid trip where transfiguration and… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
I always looked at the process and the career of being a ballerina as sacred. It's a true gift to have this… — Wendy Whelan Copy Share Image
I'm still trying to change the way people see black dancers that we can become delicate dancers, that we can be a… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a… — April Bowlby Copy Share Image
At 5, she wants to be a ballerina. At 8, she wants to be an astronaut. At 10, she wants to be… — Ream Copy Share Image
At school I had a really hard time being a guitar player. It’s like being a male ballerina in a way. It’s… — Orianthi Copy Share Image
For a ballerina, the center of balance is everything - creating a strong center of balance begins with building strong abdominal muscles. — Mary Helen Bowers Copy Share Image
“O wayfarer! Yearn finds quench, not in meadows, seashores or altitude of mountain peaks; but when being and dance are one.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
