The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
I've always loved dancing. As soon as there is good music, I've got to get up and dance. I was passionate about… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
If mutual fund directors are independent, then I'm the lead character in the Bolshoi Ballet. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I was an apprentice at the San Francisco Ballet, and a casting director came to one of our rehearsals to scout talent… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of… — Maria Karnilova Copy Share Image
American ballet... is ultimately an evolutionary art form, requiring many voices to creatively carry forward. — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
In a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and uniform when you're in a cour de ballet. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Applause lavished at a whim and without discernment, often proves the ruin of young people training for a stage career. — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
I consider myself an actress first, a dancer second, and a singer third. Why? Because the dancer needs a reason to move-that's… — Liza Minnelli Copy Share Image
The colors of 'The Nutcracker' ballet score have become a part of the vocabulary of film music. It's where so much of… — James Newton Howard Copy Share Image
Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are looking at me, and it's… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
When you do one more 'Cinderella' or whatever, what is there to learn? Every part in the repertoire has a good side… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
From the time I made my announcement that I was going to be an actor, I auditioned for community theater, did shows… — Reggie Lee Copy Share Image
Since babyhood, I've always evolved from one thing to another. My mother gave me ballet lessons at 6 as part of her… — Judith Jamison Copy Share Image
Ballet, there's a right way to do things, and it's black and white, and it's all striving for perfection. Acting is not… — Margaret Qualley Copy Share Image
The Royal Ballet was good to me. They gave me everything I asked for. It's just... I felt tricked. I became a… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should… — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
I believe that I definitely developed into a refined and graceful woman due to ballet. It has shaped me in every way. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
After I finished 'Center Stage,' I went back to San Francisco, and I danced for seven seasons with the San Francisco Ballet. — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
Ballet is an incredible art, but it can be a bit elitist, which is a really big turn off to me. — Mary Helen Bowers Copy Share Image
You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case. — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
Everything has come to me without my having to look for it. I signed with Metro because someone thought I had talent,… — Cyd Charisse Copy Share Image
The purpose of art is higher than art. What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity. — Alonzo King Copy Share Image
It's time for there to be roles in the ballet where two men can fall in love, and a woman can lead… — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
I hated my girls' love of princesses, ballet and all things pink and glittery. I didn't want it foisted on them at… — Ulrika Jonsson Copy Share Image
I think that having a platform and having a voice to be seen by people beyond the classical ballet world has really… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
The Royal Ballet School looked after me very well, they were like my family, and the company gave me everything. But I… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
Being in ballet school and being in leotards in front of a mirror I don't know how many hours a day was… — Alicia Vikander Copy Share Image
The Dance instills in you something that sets you apart. Something heroic and remote. — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
Whenever I have had a sudden urge to quit dancing, I just remember that moment I had when I was young and… — Anna Pavlova Copy Share Image
Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
The worst thing about me is my toes. I've thick joints from wearing pointe ballet shoes - I went to a dance… — Pixie Lott Copy Share Image
I come alive, in front of the mirror, skipping and dancing and acting the fool. Dance is both escape and excitement. — Jody Watley Copy Share Image
“NO greater love has a husband for his wife than to watch a 2hr documentary on an elite ballet competition.” — Mark Venturini Copy Share Image
Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer. — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
I had the benefit of there being no stigma attached to the arts. My brother's a ballet dancer, and he never came… — Jack Lowden Copy Share Image
We are constantly revealing ourselves to each other through our movement; learning from and teaching each other without even trying. — Wendy Whelan Copy Share Image
I think classical ballet dancers dance on pointe because they're simultaneously touching the earth and reaching up to the skies — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us… — John Guare Copy Share Image
