I learned how to communicate and articulate myself from ballet. It's just insane to me, when they don't think of that as… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I always feel that the mark of a good ballet is that when you see it more than once, you get more… — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
Learning ballet is wonderful for children even if they never become dancers. It is wonderful because it teaches discipline, grace, and manners. — Anna Paskevska Copy Share Image
I was in ballet classes, I took singing lessons, I started taking acting classes as a hobby. When I was younger, I… — Lexi Underwood Copy Share Image
Both costume and fashion are about telling a story, except that in a ballet the story has already been written by the… — Raf Simons Copy Share Image
If I see a human body on the stage, I don't see it as an abstraction. I see it as a body. — Antony Tudor Copy Share Image
I didn't care how much work it would take, and I didn't see the time invested as a waste or like I… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I did ballet at the Menlo Park Academy of Dance from age 4 to 11, but then I switched to ballroom, and… — Cheryl Burke Copy Share Image
I began dancing when I was 7 years old. I was told that I had the perfect ballet dancers body and had… — Catherine Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
Yeah, I shoot. I shot with my dad a little bit when I was little. He was a Marine, so it wasn't… — Jill Wagner Copy Share Image
I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
I think 'Ballet Shoes' was a very pivotal role for me. I was about 14 then, and it was an incredible cast:… — Lucy Boynton Copy Share Image
It'd be very difficult to cast me as a ballet dancer. Everybody is, in some sense, controlled by their size and their… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
'The Firebird' just symbolizes a lot for me and my career. It was one of the first really big principal roles that… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
You realize you can get good at something, even though ballet almost felt like you could never be good enough. No matter… — Susanna Hoffs Copy Share Image
You have to be able to cut off from the ballet and relax, or you have anxiety dreams at night, worrying about… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
I am still on stage. If you read Press...you would believe that I should be gone. But here I am doing it… — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
Technique-bodily control-must be mastered only because the body must not stand in the way of the soul's expression. — La Meri Copy Share Image
Ballet is the one form of theater where nobody speaks a foolish word all evening nobody on the stage at least. — Edwin Denby Copy Share Image
Ballet is a finite art - your body won't let you do it forever, so I wanted to do it while I… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
When we give ourselves over completely to the spirit of the dance, it becomes a prayer — Gabrielle Roth Copy Share Image
Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there's already a… — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
“Dance is that delicacy of life radiating every particle of our existence with happiness.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
Coco Chanel was always doing things with ballet, so it is a tradition clashing fashion and ballet. — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
I was sent to ballet classes when I was a little girl. I wasn't very good, but it's that thing where little… — Cat Deeley Copy Share Image
Go figure a crazy, mixed-up country where ballet outsells boxing. I wouldn't be surprised if their wrestling was on the level. — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire. — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
“When a dancer performs, melody transforms into a carriage, expressions turn into fuel and spirit experiences a journey to a world where… — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
Being a dark black ballet dancer, there's a lot of pressure on us. I feel like I have to work ten times… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Most people think of ballet as children in little tutus. They don't know it is sweat, blood and tears as well! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've won my last four matches by knockout. Out of 30 fights, I've won more than 20 by knockout. I think that… — Sergio Martinez Copy Share Image
I never thought of myself as special or particularly good at anything. But once I started ballet, suddenly I had a new… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Ballet is a classically based art form, so it comes with a certain set of rules, at least to start with; then… — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
“It is vain for Mr. McCabe to say that a ballet is a part of him. He should be part of a… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I see fashion as going on par with all the other cultural institutions here. Ballet, theater, opera - I don't see fashion… — Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Copy Share Image
At least in my performances, the audience has become so diverse in a way that I don't think ballet has ever experienced. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
“Every dance you make belongs to you. It is part of your collection. When you think of it like that, you'll want… — Torron-Lee Dewar Copy Share Image
I was afraid when I came to the Royal Ballet that it would be easy to have everyone walking all over me… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
