My mum said she remembers me asking her if she'd take me to ballet lessons when I was about two and a… — Joanne Froggatt Copy Share Image
I have never felt oppressed by women or that feminism is a problem. I do think boys find it hard to like… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
I don't force myself to exercise; I find going to gyms really boring. I find it easier to go for a fast… — Sarah Brightman 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
I had seen the ballet of 'Swan Lake' as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
On set, the playground for the character, how much it takes varies. Is it like ballet, is it like jazz? The content… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there… — Sarah Sutton Copy Share Image
I have too much respect for ballet to dare practice it. I did ask ballerina Megan LeCrone to teach me jetés. She… — Elad Lassry Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I moved to Torrance, California to train at a more advanced studio, and by 19, I joined the… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Dance has become an exclusionary enterprise. To participate, one must be thinner than thin, of pleasing form, flexible, athletic and young. If… — Clive Barnes Copy Share Image
“In ballet, any dancer who asks himself what step comes next must freeze. Any man who takes a sex manual to bed… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I would like to tell all dancers to forget themselves and the desire for self display. They must become completely absorbed in… — Antony Tudor Copy Share Image
I actually quit ballet when I was offered a job, an apprenticeship at North Carolina Dance Theater Company, run by John Pierre… — Margaret Qualley Copy Share Image
I announced at the dinner table when I was 11 that I wanted to be a ballet dancer. But my goal changed… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
Peaky' has attracted a lot of attention from different disciplines in the arts. It was originally going to be a ballet, which… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I was always the kid down the street who got the other kids to put on a show. But it was only… — Matthew Bourne Copy Share Image
I don't know if I would write an opera, maybe because of the words. But yes, I would be really excited to… — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
I think my mom put me in tap classes when I was three, which I never pursued. I don't know how to… — Daniela Ruah Copy Share Image
Notes for a ballet, The Spell: ... Suddenly Sigmund hears the flutter of wings, and a group of wild swans flies across… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
It's very difficult for me to do fund raising for my own organization if I'm working for other companies because sponsors will… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
The New York City Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what… — John Guare Copy Share Image
I did think of becoming a ballet dancer at one point. I had a girlfriend who was teaching in the ballet school.… — Bernard Cribbins Copy Share Image
It became my first passion, the first thing I really fell in love with. I joined the Ralph Robinson Ballet company, and… — Lawrence Bender Copy Share Image
I started as a hoofer and all-round chorus girl. I did my first ballet lesson when I was three, then trained as… — Caroline Quentin Copy Share Image
I did tap dancing and stuff like that at drama school. I did ballet as well. My dance teacher and I didn't… — Tom Weston-Jones Copy Share Image
I had to try to understand how much of a taboo it was. My mum worked in ballet and theatre when she… — George MacKay Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in both writing and music. When I first started getting published, I also worked as rehearsal pianist for… — William Sleator Copy Share Image
