Ballet Quote by Cyd Charisse

I just realized I wanted to do more than ballet. I was offered an apprenticeship, so I was about to join a company and…

— Margaret Qualley

I didn't care how much work it would take, and I didn't see the time invested as a waste or like I was missing…

— Misty Copeland

I was used to having a job - ballet was my job, and I felt like I needed something artistic to focus on after…

— Margaret Qualley

I feel that while my body's able and I'm young, I'd have so many regrets if I didn't go for it now with the…

— Francesca Hayward

Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent to become…

— Diane Kruger

I never thought of myself as special or particularly good at anything. But once I started ballet, suddenly I had a new identity: prodigy.

— Misty Copeland

There was never really a moment that I decided that I wanted to be a ballet dancer. It's always just felt like it's what…

— Francesca Hayward

I've always just done ballet, and I feel like I'm sort of living the dream.

— Francesca Hayward

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

My mom always wanted me be a ballerina, and I was just adamant that I wanted to be a track star. I wanted nothing…

— Emayatzy E. Corinealdi

What's always interested me the most about ballet is it's this great opportunity for many different artistic mediums to come together to create a…

— Justin Peck

I think I always told myself I would audition for the top musical theater schools, and if I didn't get into one of my…

— Taylor Louderman