Ballet Quote by Justin Peck

“A major assumption that underlies this selection is that it is only within work that is progressive, experimental or avant-garde that staid, old-fashioned images…

— Ramsay Burt

It's going to take a while before we see a real shift in the students and the dancers that are going into professional companies…

— Misty Copeland

I think that, like any kind of career, there are many different people involved in the ballet world.

— Amanda Schull

I suppose that I hope to change the history of ballet.

— Michaela DePrince

It's time for there to be roles in the ballet where two men can fall in love, and a woman can lead a company…

— Justin Peck

I have always felt one of the things dance should do - its business being so clearly physical - is challenge the culture's gender…

— Twyla Tharp

Ballet is more than a profession - it is a way of life.

— Margot Fonteyn

I think that the ideal physique and look of a ballerina is always changing with different eras. And it's continuing to change.

— Misty Copeland

I think most dancers would agree that the art of ballet chooses the dancer, not the other way around.

— Kevin McKenzie

I'm not fond of the idea of doing ballet for ballet's sake, because dancers get exploited and they're not paid well. They do it…

— Sergei Polunin

While dancing you have to be feminine, and performing action requires you to be masculine.

— Daisy Shah

We've learned a lot of dance genres that a lot of girl groups tend not to learn, and we think those things will be…

— Lisa