Ballerina Quote by Maria Tallchief

A real ballerina must fill her space with her own personality.

— Natalia Makarova

Ballerinas are often divided into three categories: jumpers, turners and balancers.

— Robert Gottlieb

The first movement ballerina should be a paradigm of strength and authority.

— Robert Gottlieb

I haven’t come from the typical path or background of someone who would make it to this level as a ballerina. When it came…

— Misty Copeland

In theatre or in ballet, the ballerina always passes on what they know. It's a hands-on craft. You can't really learn the soul and…

— Ann Reinking

When Disney was creating Elsa, they based a lot of her movements on that of a ballerina, which was interesting for me to find…

— Georgina Haig

Being a ballerina can be a very unnatural life, especially after you've had children.

— Darcey Bussell

Ballet is the repetitive training of the body for the purpose of executing steps in traditional fashion. It is tied to and bound by…

— Shirley MacLaine

Hey, I've changed my mind. I want to be a ballerina. -LORELAI

— Gilmore Girls

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

— Kevin McKenzie

A ballerina's life can be glorious. But it does not get any easier. I don't think anyone must ever think about it getting easier.

— Alicia Markova

I've always felt like a different kind of ballerina.

— Wendy Whelan