I come from ballet, and so I know a lot about intensity around one's own physical appearance. I feel quite familiar with… — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
That something that I fought so hard for throughout the beginning of my career is I didn't want to pancake my skin… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine. — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
In order that our art may arrive at the degree of the sublime which I demand and hope for, it is imperative… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
We are going to set up a branch of the St Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre here [on the Far Easter]. We are also… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
When we go in the ring we know we're going to get hit. We know we're not the ballet people. But if… — Kostya Tszyu Copy Share Image
It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.'… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Before a show, I usually give myself two-and-a-half hours to get ready. I prepare my shoes first. New ballet pumps can sound… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
I think it's interesting for people to be exposed to ballet in areas they wouldn't necessarily expect to see it. — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
With Juliet, if you read the Shake'speare there is quite a clear idea of how she should be, but with the ballet… — Francesca Hayward 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
Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York. — John Guare Copy Share Image
I work out as little as I can for as much gain as I can. Yoga and a little bit of ballet… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
“Limit not to only five, when the divine gifts the supreme sixth; the sense of dance” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
'Petrushka' was not conceived as a children's ballet, even though it involves puppets. We're on the outer limits of what's child-appropriate here. — John de Lancie Copy Share Image
I trained as a ballet dancer and fell in love with Rudolf Nureyev; I thought him the most beautiful creature. My mum… — Jessica Brown Findlay Copy Share Image
One of the eternal mysteries of ballet is how untalented choreographers find backers for their work, and then find good dancers to… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance. — C. L. R. James Copy Share Image
Ballet is not technique, not a way of doing things, but a means of expression that comes perhaps more closely to the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'd like to be able to get more girls to play guitar. I think with a girl playing electric guitar, sometimes it's… — Orianthi 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
When I was younger, people would always say, 'Are you a ballet dancer?' I had that look - one of those skinny… — Miranda Otto Copy Share Image
I've been dancing all my life and studied at Joffrey Ballet when I was 13 and singing all my life. — Melora Hardin Copy Share Image
