When we give ourselves over completely to the spirit of the dance, it becomes a prayer — Gabrielle Roth Copy Share Image
We must never forget that the dance is the cradle of Negro music. — Alain LeRoy Locke Copy Share Image
The Kirov is a great ballet company because it has so many terrific dancers, but it doesn't always know what to do… — Robert Gottlieb 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
The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
I was a ballet dancer for so long, but when I realized I had reached my limit and that I couldn't go… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
Just as experience dictates to the ballet teacher the length of time necessary to train his students, so the horse, too, needs… — Alois Podhajsky Copy Share Image
I remember once saying in a television interview that the only things I hadn't been in were the opera and the ballet.… — Donald Sinden Copy Share Image
The heart of the classical repertory is the Tchaikovsky-Petipa 'Sleeping Beauty,' and no ballet is harder to get right. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan intrigue and sulfurous hatreds where anything is… — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there's already a… — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers. — Adam Garcia Copy Share Image
I know a lot of choreographers prefer to do abstract dance and not be bothered with a story, but even when I'm… — Susan Stroman Copy Share Image
I wake up every morning, and I go to ballet class no matter what's going on the night before. That's my priority,… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I'm a dancer, so I do four hours of dance a week of ballet, jazz, hip hop, contemporary. I also play the… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us. — Robert Gottlieb 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 available worlds looked pretty grim. They had little to offer him because he had little to offer them. He had been… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
It's hard to be the one that stands out when, you know, in a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Dance has been a driving force in my life for 25 years. From music videos and hip hop, to jazz and musical… — Anna Kaiser Copy Share Image
