My mom was a dance teacher, so she put me in dance school when I was a kid. I did everything. I… — Chris Messina Copy Share Image
Being a ballet dancer isn't cool. Football, boxing, hockey... they're cool. And you make more money. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
Do not brood. It makes the moment you are living in unavailable for learning and life. — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
Tap was against everything I had learned to do. I was pulled up as a ballet dancer, and I wasn't used to… — Cyd Charisse Copy Share Image
I'm a dancer, so I do four hours of dance a week of ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary. I also play the… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet. — John Guare Copy Share Image
Being one of the few African American women to make it to this level in a classical ballet company, the level of… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
A toe shoe is as eccentric as the ballerina who wears it: their marriage is a commitment. — Toni Bentley Copy Share Image
There are no taking days off. There are no distractions. If I had that, I physically wouldn't be capable of going onstage… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I take ballet class as often as possible - up to 5 times a week - and try to go to the… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
Ballet requires movements which are very unnatural. With every step, you do a circular movement of the hip. You turn out from… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
City Ballet has to develop choreographers of stature and a new approach to coaching before everything we value about it fades away… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else.… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
One of the first things I created was music for the Paris opera's ballet troupe. That was the first time that electronic… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
If we don't take that time (to be romantic), then it's karate, then it's ballet, and then there's Christmas, and then my… — Heidi Klum Copy Share Image
The ballet makes us look at those bodies, it makes us listen to that music, it makes us wonder at the geometry,… — John Guare Copy Share Image
My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I was in a ballet company, and I auditioned for Bob Alton, a top choreographer at MGM. He sent me to see… — Cyd Charisse Copy Share Image
“Dance as the narration of a magical story; that recites on lips, illuminates imaginations and embraces the most sacred depths of souls.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
When one lifts a ballerina, it is not her weight but her nature that causes the problem. — Maris Liepa Copy Share Image
Once, the arts were opera, ballet, classical music, and everything else deemed highbrow. — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
Lots of people make the stage and it can seem very violent and over the top, but it's not really. It's always… — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
The Dance: A minimum of explanation, a minimum of anecdotes - and a maximum of sensations. — Maurice Bejart Copy Share Image
Our first record with Spandau Ballet went to number five - I guess we were offering something different and it appealed. — Martin Kemp Copy Share Image
An artistic standpoint - I've watched a lot of ballet and source some inspiration from how they move, connect with each other,… — Nathan Chen Copy Share Image
If you looked at my feet, you would know for sure that I used to do ballet. They're completely destroyed and ripped… — Nina Dobrev Copy Share Image
I'd say the only time I ever get nervous is around great ballet dancers or people I really admire. — Dita Von Teese Copy Share Image
I didn't just swim when I was younger. I did ballet, horse riding, everything. I was very active. — Ellie Simmonds Copy Share Image
Studying ballet is an expensive endeavor. I know I could never have done it without the generosity and sacrifice of my parents,… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
What's always interested me the most about ballet is it's this great opportunity for many different artistic mediums to come together to… — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
I was real into theater, and then I tried soccer, acting and ballet. Both my parents didn't want a child-star model, so… — Emily Ratajkowski Copy Share Image
“If anything at all, perfection is not when there is nothing to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” — Maria Tallchief Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, I took tap and ballet. I've always loved to dance. I'm a rhythm machine. — Tommy Lee Copy Share Image
Since my mom is the President of Ballet Hawaii, I'm always in touch with stuff going on. — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
“Limit not to only five, when the divine gifts the supreme sixth; the sense of dance” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
I will never run out of cycling shorts, ballet slippers, denim shorts, socks and pyjamas. — Shakti Mohan Copy Share Image
I absolutely love ballet. It gives me a chance to act like a princess in a fairy-tale world. — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance. — C. L. R. James Copy Share Image
If I didn't have kids, I would be at the theater or the ballet every single night of my life. — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
When you're really serious about ballet, it's a job - even if you're 15 years old. You're doing it six to eight… — Margaret Qualley Copy Share Image
