Ballet Quotes

467 Ballet quotes by 299 unique authors

Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same time, they strive… — George Balanchine
Ballet is important and significant - yes. But first of all, it is a pleasure. — George Balanchine
I could never make a ballet by wrinkling my brow and concentrating. If you set out deliberately to make a masterpiece, how will you ever… — George Balanchine
In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell ... we can't dance synonyms. — George Balanchine
One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing. — Clive Barnes
Ballet dancers are a self-chosen elite. To survive and surmount years of disciplinary preparation and seasons of even more arduous performance requires rigid determination and… — Lincoln Kirstein
Dance design is not simply one element; it is that without which ballet cannot exist. As aria is to opera, words to poetry, color to… — Lincoln Kirstein
What's so wonderful about ballet is that it's mind-driven physicality. It's almost a Greek ideal of body, mind, and form. — Edward Villella
Ballet: men wearing pants so tight that you can tell what religion they are. — Robin Williams
It's very easy to become selfish and narrow-minded and see ballet as the only thing in life, but there's lots more. — Darcey Bussell
You have to be able to cut off from the ballet and relax, or you have anxiety dreams at night, worrying about what you're going… — Darcey Bussell
Ballet is only good when it is great. — Arlene Croce
If Balanchine had any secret, it was one that has endured through two hundred years of classical ballet. It is that dancing correctly in three… — Arlene Croce
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other. — Jack Handey
Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words. — Ernie Harwell
As an adult, I took ballet classes three times a week, and I believed it gave me better posture, a stronger body, and made me… — Ann Hood
Ballet teaches you how to hold yourself. — Joseph Altuzarra
During the day I pull on jeans and ballet flats; but I do love getting dressed up, too. — Leigh Lezark
If I had to reflect on the finest classical male ballet dancers of my time, Vladimir Vasiliev of the Bolshoi and the Danish dancer Eric… — Jacques d'Amboise
My mother was the influence on me - my father was absent. He was a diamond dealer; he was doing wonderful things in the background,… — Maira Kalman
In order to dance professionally, you have to start at a young age. No matter what, your muscle structure and your bones have to be… — Amanda Schull
Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis… — Marcus du Sautoy
I can remember being very keen to go to drama school at the age of eight, and practising ballet in my bedroom to Queen soundtracks. — Carmen Ejogo
The highest heels I do are six-inch heels - but mostly only dancers can wear them, since they are used to being on point in… — Christian Louboutin
I started dancing when I was five, and I trained intensively as a competitive dancer up until the end of high school. I did all… — Jacob Artist

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