Ballet Quote by Chita Rivera

I came to New York to study ballet and English.

— Penelope Cruz

Before founding Ballet Beautiful, I was a ballerina with the New York City Ballet.

— Mary Helen Bowers

I actually came to New York when I was 12 and did ballet school for a little while. I was being groomed to be…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

I was born in Toronto and studied with the National Ballet of Canada. I went to school to study dance, slept on the floor,…

— Laurieann Gibson

I ended up training only for four years before I was accepted into American Ballet Theater in New York City.

— Misty Copeland

I went to Indiana University for college for a couple of years, where I double majored in dance and journalism, and after my sophomore…

— Amanda Schull

Growing up in Niagara Falls, Ontario, I took classes as a young girl and became very serious about ballet, and also performed with a…

— Cathy Marie Buchanan

I studied dance and choreography in New York and even taught people there.

— Shakti Mohan

I did community theater in Georgia and called myself a ballet dancer.

— Laura Slade Wiggins

I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship.

— Anthony Anderson

I went to Indiana University for college for a couple of years where I double majored in dance and journalism, and after my sophomore…

— Joan Chen

I wanted to be a ballerina. I studied ballet for 19 years.

— Stella Soleil