I eat a big breakfast and then go off to an hour and a half of strong ballet class. — Cyd Charisse Copy Share Image
Choreographers tend to treat ballet dancers like kids they can manipulate. — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
“She who is a dancer can only sway the silk of her hair like the summer breeze.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet. — John Guare Copy Share Image
“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
I love ballet and I love dancing… It's a little boring for me to go to the gym because I'm used to… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
I used to love ballet and I did it really, really intensely. But it came so much about achieving physical perfection, which… — Mia Wasikowska Copy Share Image
I have a personal trainer. But I tried boxing; I tried ballet. I tried everything to see what works best for my… — Barbara Palvin Copy Share Image
I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position. — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
I don't feel like my life is that of a superstar! Every day I wake up, I take the train, I go… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
It is shameful that dancing should renounce the empire it might assert over the mind and only endeavor to please the sight. — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
Each time a dancer moves devoutly or a composer faithfully searches the silence for the veiled melodies, eternity is engaged. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Writing used to be my hobby, but now that it's my job, I have no hobby - except watching TV and laying… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
It's going to take a while before we see a real shift in the students and the dancers that are going into… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I do as many fun activities as possible. A lot of hiking, beach bike riding and walking. And cardio barre, which is… — Jillian Rose Reed Copy Share Image
I went to art school when I was little. I took ballet lessons. I played a little kick ball. I was sort… — Amanda Seyfried Copy Share Image
My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for eight or nine… — William Kempe Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed watching a ballerina named Denise Dabrowski who used to dance at California Ballet. She was a beautiful ballerina and… — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
I grew up as a dancer. I did tap, classical ballet, all of that. I did Indian dancing, or Bharata Natyam, classic… — Roselee Goldberg Copy Share Image
I was probably around 14 or 15 when I became really conscious of those girls who were going on to the Royal… — Arlene Phillips Copy Share Image
you...are...a...frige...with...wings...we...are...freaking...ballet...dancers! — James Patterson Copy Share Image
After I stopped dancing, I was unable to listen to beautiful music. — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy. — Mary Helen Bowers Copy Share Image
Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet. — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
I go to bed really late - if I just sleep I won't have a life outside ballet. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside. — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
“You...are...a...fridge...with wings. We're...freaking...ballet...dancers.” — James Patterson Copy Share Image
You should have seen me at 14, with braces and glasses, gangly and doing ballet! — Margot Robbie Copy Share Image
The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
