“You're a fridge with wings. We're freaking ballet dancers! -Fang” — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
“Transcend the terrestrial; surpass the celestial, from nature’s hands when you receive the sublime pleasures of dance.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
Anyone who has a child today should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then he'll escape. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I really wanted to make it as a ballet dancer to make my mom proud. But it didnt happen. — Tracy Anderson Copy Share Image
“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance and not breath.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
Being a ballet dancer isn't cool. Football, boxing, hockey... they're cool. And you make more money. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth. — William Watson Purkey Copy Share Image
It'd be very difficult to cast me as a ballet dancer. Everybody is, in some sense, controlled by their size and their… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business… — Elizabeth Olsen 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
In swimming at my level it's about control of the small movements. A good ballet dancer floats across the stage, the best… — Alexander Dale Oen Copy Share Image
I went to 'The Nutcracker' every year with my grandma and aunt. Then, in my early teen years, I thought I wanted… — Jinkx Monsoon 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
The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
“Dance as the narration of a magical story; that recites on lips, illuminates imaginations and embraces the most sacred depths of souls.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
I began dancing when I was 7 years old. I was told that I had the perfect ballet dancers body and had… — Catherine Mary Stewart 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
“She loved hockey. Loved the speed, the agility. The fights. The men. Brawny, sweaty, messy. They let their hair grown, though no… — Stephanie Julian Copy Share Image
I had danced with Janet Jackson and P. Diddy so I had done a bunch of hip hop. Really and truly my… — Jenna Dewan Copy Share Image
I trained as a dancer when I was much younger, for a large amount of time, like 6 or 7 years. Not… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
Ballet dancers are a self-chosen elite. To survive and surmount years of disciplinary preparation and seasons of even more arduous performance requires… — Lincoln Kirstein Copy Share Image
My life isn’t theories and formulae. It’s part instinct, part common sense. Logic is as good a word as any, and I’ve… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
“The problem with telling people that they can do anything they want to do is that it is objectively, factually inaccurate. Otherwise… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“A pas de deux is more than just a partnered dance. Two souls. One body. Entwining together and weaving a story--- evoking… — Kiana Krystle Copy Share Image
“England once there lived a big And wonderfully clever pig. To everybody it was plain That Piggy had a massive brain. He… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“Myrna was part of a ballet troupe and Jack had seen her and the other dancers perform—his mother often made him go… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“But he had never seen Myrna in practice...never that close up. He had been impressed and a little frightened by the contrast… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Tony Williams: You’ve often mentioned that Tales of Hoffmann (1951) has been a major influence on you. George Romero: It was the… — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
Realization that i couldn't be a ballet dancer was a blessing in disguise because that was the first time I felt like… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
“It was a “Come As Your Childhood Ambition” theme party. You know: vets, pilots, ballet dancers…I really did always want to be… — Gemma Burgess Copy Share Image
“Doctor Benway is operating in an auditorium filled with students: "Now, boys, you won't see this operation performed very often and there's… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
