Ballet Quote by Karen Kain

I think that story ballets, as great as they might sell, they're a really dated and awkward medium to tell stories through. I think…

— Justin Peck

I'm a classical ballet dancer, and at the end of the day I want to be with American Ballet Theater, performing classical ballets.

— Misty Copeland

'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is one of George Balanchine's greatest creations - and one of the greatest of all story ballets.

— Robert Gottlieb

The classical ballet world is so exclusive and small, and a lot of people don't know about it.

— Misty Copeland

I think classical ballet dancers dance on pointe because they're simultaneously touching the earth and reaching up to the skies

— Paulo Coelho

I want to be known as a delicate, Black dancer who does classical ballet.

— Michaela DePrince

I went to the Performing Arts School and studied classical ballet. That attitude is something that's put into your head. You are never thin…

— Carmen Electra

I studied dance for about 15 years, various disciplines, with classical ballet as my primary.

— Dana Loesch

So many people report to be contemporary dancers, and they're not. They are sort of jazz dancers that feel like they're throwing a bit…

— Nigel Lythgoe

When I was young, I took classical ballet lessons, but I wasn't very good at it. It was really frustrating because I wanted to…

— Christine and the Queens

Classical ballet will never die.

— Ninette de Valois

The vocabulary and manner of classical ballet express a high order of discipline and restraint, a sense of harmony with forces larger and more…

— Anonymous

Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did…

— Jean-Georges Noverre

With classical ballet you are literally injuring yourself.

— Marina Abramovic

I wanted to give people - which is fairly bizarre considering my whole life is contemporary dance really - I wanted to give people…

— Graeme Murphy