Anorexia Quote by Benjamin Millepied

Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.

— Deborah Bull

Ballet is a healthy world despite what people might think. There's a perception that ballet dancers are skinny and unhealthy, but that's rubbish. You…

— Darcey Bussell

So many dancers feel that what they look like is more important than who they are. This is a real danger for dancers who…

— Alonzo King

It's hard with ballet because your aesthetic really is important. It's different from acting and from film. Nobody wants to watch somebody who is…

— Amanda Schull

Dancers carry themselves in completely different ways to how we do in our everyday lives. They are very free with their bodies which I'm…

— Kristin Cavallari

I think all dancers are control freaks a bit. We just want to be in control of ourselves and our bodies. That's just what…

— Misty Copeland

Dancers don’t think about things; they just do them.

— Heather Morris

Ballet is pure and demands that you serve something larger than yourself, whether it be beauty or art, or a combination of both. It…

— Peter Martins

Dancers have more bones than most people and on the days when you work hard you are sure that you have somehow accumulated more…

— Martha Graham

There's no agents or managers to represent them. Dancers don't have any voice. They have nothing. Nobody can afford a flat to live in.…

— Sergei Polunin

I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.

— Twyla Tharp

I think as a dancer you are always wanting to look your best, like in an outfit, you want an outfit to look the…

— Dianne Buswell