When you are on stage in front of an audience, you want to engage the entire crowd. If a thousand people are… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
I am both proud and honored to be on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ballet Theater. — Janine Turner Copy Share Image
I have a sister who is a dancer and dance teacher. We grew up dancing together. I wanted to become a ballerina… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead 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
We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is… — George Balanchine 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
Ballet is not just movement, not simply abstract. It's something beautiful. Sometimes there's this feeling in the movement that makes me want… — Nina Ananiashvili Copy Share Image
In terms of withstanding incredible amounts of pain - both physical and emotional - I don't think there's any better training than… — Julia Jones Copy Share Image
“I made the sympathetic face, and the interested face, and even the impressed face. I did not say, 'In the name of… — Meg Howrey Copy Share Image
Americans will be amazed to find ho many of the modern dance steps are relics of the African heritage. — Paul Robeson Copy Share Image
The ballet world is so competitive, and for no reason. It's not a sport. It's an art. There's no winner. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I can state that I created a ballet company of which everyone said: St. Petersburg has the greatest ballet in all Europe. — Marius Petipa Copy Share Image
Twyla Tharp set her sights on ballet, and ballet, hungry for major talent, succumbed. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Although most informed balletomanes would place artistry above technique, artistry without a strong technique is a flaccid, bloodless thing indeed, whereas technique… — John Simon Copy Share Image
As a professional ballet dancer, I have to accept that weekends are about work. The notion of a leisurely break with all… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
All dancers have a cumulative tendency, because each beat of the tom-tom has an almost irresistible appeal. Soon, those who were just… — Camara Laye Copy Share Image
For every dancer, no matter how amazing your career, there's more to life than ballet. Being adored by your audience, it's only… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
“Life can be a wonderful ballet, letting us express all the values we are living for if the sky of our imagination… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I've studied dance since I was very young, and I continue to study ballet. — Sarah Gadon 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
