Able Quote by Darcey Bussell

I've studied dance since I was very young, and I continue to study ballet.

— Sarah Gadon

Ballet is something for which you need so much control and composure. And there's an element to acting that is the complete opposite. You…

— Sonoya Mizuno

Ballet is not just my profession, it is my life ... It is horrible for me to think that one day it will all finish.

— Svetlana Zakharova

There are some ballets you can do for a long time. With others, you have to know when to stop. Some are very destructive.…

— Sylvie Guillem

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

— Francesca Hayward

The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your toenails fall…

— Penelope Cruz

You must be prepared and know the reason why you dance.

— Thomas Yellowtail

Sometimes I feel as if sections of my ballets were done for me - that I didnt do them myself.

— Antony Tudor

Classical ballet is very extreme. You're doing it six days a week, and it's a kind of obsession of perfecting a move. So every…

— Darcey Bussell

I don't get much time to rehearse for dance everyday. At the end of the day, I get drained out. With a heavy body,…

— Kiku Sharda

I always feel that the mark of a good ballet is that when you see it more than once, you get more out of…

— Justin Peck

Ballet is hard enough when you go with it; when you have to force your body to do things, it is so much harder.

— Sylvie Guillem