"In my ballets, woman is first. Men are……" — George Balanchine

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• I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
• Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of… — Jean-Georges Noverre
• If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is… — Jean-Georges Noverre
• I suppose I'm the only person who remembers one of the most exciting of his ballets-it's the fruit of an… — Alan Bennett
• I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come… — Robert Caro
• In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is… — Karen Kain
• Art begs you to notice it. Why? Because art is God's way of saying hello. So pay attention to poetry.… — Neale Donald Walsch
• I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw. — Bebe Neuwirth
• The first year with ABT I learned 13 new roles. Most were lengthy ballets, more complicated than I was used… — Gelsey Kirkland
• I'm a classical ballet dancer, and at the end of the day I want to be with American Ballet Theater,… — Misty Copeland
• The best gift I was ever given was the arts. My mum gave me those on a silver platter. Growing… — Jill Scott
• Mozart, Pascal, Boolean algebra, Shakespeare, parliamentary government, baroque churches, Newton, the emancipation of women, Kant, Balanchine ballets, et al. don’t… — Susan Sontag

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