I've got used to the fact - just about - that whatever I do is going to be compared to the other… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can… — John Guare Copy Share Image
For a long time everyone had a stereotype of ballet that it was easy and that we were just prancing around. But… — Francesca Hayward Copy Share Image
I am striving to reach the stars as a prima ballerina, but my most important reason for wanting this is because of… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for 'Six Feet Under', last week there was a sequence where… — Michelle Trachtenberg Copy Share Image
If a boxer ever went as crazy as Nijinsky all the wowsers in the world would be screaming 'punch-drunk.' Well, who hit… — A. J. Liebling Copy Share Image
I wanted to give people - which is fairly bizarre considering my whole life is contemporary dance really - I wanted to… — Graeme Murphy Copy Share Image
Slashing its way to the finish line, 'Black Swan' is the first ballet movie for highbrow horror fans for whom ballet itself… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
I'd really like to get to do some fighting, some martial arts training, because I think that would be really fun I… — Anna Paquin Copy Share Image
I'd love to look like my mum when I am her age. She taught ballet for years, and my attitude to exercise… — Sarah Parish Copy Share Image
Ballet pumps are the dream shoes because they are so comfortable. They look great both with jeans and summer dresses; and you… — Twiggy Copy Share Image
Look at where I lived! Four blocks from Lincoln Center. I used to play in the fountain. And then I started taking… — Diane Paulus Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to be a ballet dancer for awhile there. I had a good teacher at Interlochen, this arts'… — Benjamin Walker Copy Share Image
You can go see ballet in its purity; you can go to a recital to hear music by itself. But what the… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
When I was doing gymnastics, I was playing. It was fun. The ballet was not fun at all. Yes, I agree you… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
“Ballet isn’t pop culture, after all; it is an art of the chosen few, a selected elite, for those who understand it;… — Catherine E. Pawlick Copy Share Image
“Yes but the point is that you can go to the ballet with me or a baseball game or a concert and… — Mary Calmes Copy Share Image
There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
One of my sisters was doing dance, and I'd watch from the back of the classroom in my trainers. Slowly, I started… — Jonathan Bailey Copy Share Image
Once you become a professional, to get through a ballet like 'Swan Lake' - four acts as the lead, changing character -… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Dance training can't be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great… — Alonzo King Copy Share Image
If I had to reflect on the finest classical male ballet dancers of my time, Vladimir Vasiliev of the Bolshoi and the… — Jacques d'Amboise Copy Share Image
Russian culture is multifaceted and diverse. So if you want to understand, to feel Russia, then of course you need to read… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The Royal Ballet is the best paid company, but the dancers get nothing. The stage crew get paid three times more than… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
What I find funny are peoples' blind spots. That's the funniest thing about anybody - when they just don't realize who they… — Sam Richardson Copy Share Image
I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers… — Jean-Georges Noverre 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
“Several things ran through my head as I watched this silent ballet: First, I was running low on pears, my favorite morning… — Benjamin R. Smith 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
I grew up listening to hipster jazz and classical records... we went and watched ballet and orchestras - lots of cool stuff.… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
The funny thing about writing is that whether you're doing well or doing it poorly, it looks the exact same. That's actually… — John Green Copy Share Image
Tolstoy may be right about happy and unhappy families, but in ballet, it works the opposite way: All good ballets are different… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
They were doing the Dying Swan at the ballet. And there was a rumor that some bookmarkers had drifted into town from… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“Let us take care of our Garden of Eden with the fragrance of its flowers and the oxygen of its sheltering trees… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I highly recommend ClassPass. I spend a fortune on Barry's Bootcamp, Cycle House, SoulCycle, Flywheel, Ballet Barre, SLT Pilates, YogaWorks... I do… — Jamie Chung Copy Share Image
I am very obsessed with ballet now because it is a very difficult sport and a beautiful one because it is not… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
The thing about ballet that I never knew about is that it's one of the most excruciating sports that I've ever been… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
“Dance resides within us all. Some find it when joy conquers sorrow, others express it through celebration of movements; and then there… — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
I was always given the comedy role, even in the ballet. I was the one who fell off her points, you know?… — June Whitfield Copy Share Image
I think people are people and, if their feelings are truthful, they can connect. It doesn't matter if you're an aging, 50-something… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
