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
“You...are...a...fridge...with wings. We're...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
I loved being at the Royal Ballet. Those choreographers, MacMillan and Ashton, they knew how to translate complicated life into choreography. — Sylvie Guillem 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… — Will Kemp Copy Share Image
I ended up training only for four years before I was accepted into American Ballet Theater in New York City. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
As an adult, I took ballet classes three times a week, and I believed it gave me better posture, a stronger body,… — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
The cat crossed the street daintily, pointing his feet like a ballet dancer, lifting them high as if his feet were too… — Vera Caspary Copy Share Image
This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid. — Twyla Tharp 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
“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
It's hard with ballet because your aesthetic really is important. It's different from acting and from film. Nobody wants to watch somebody… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
There is something about Dior that reminds me of New York City Ballet. They both have a classic, glamorous basis but are… — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
The first good player I watched as a kid was Joe DiMaggio, and that was like ballet. Since then, I played sandlot… — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I… — Andrea Thompson Copy Share Image
Then come the lights shining on you from above. You are a performer. You forget all you learned, the process of technique,… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
There's no agents or managers to represent them. Dancers don't have any voice. They have nothing. Nobody can afford a flat to… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I originally wanted to be a ballet dancer and trained for years, but when I was around 18, I realized I wasn't… — Helen Baxendale Copy Share Image
I believe that we learn by practice... it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy. — Mary Helen Bowers 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
Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet. — Deborah Bull 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...frige...with...wings...we...are...freaking...ballet...dancers! — James Patterson 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
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
