Ballet Quote by Marius Petipa

Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us.

— Robert Gottlieb

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.

— Suzanne Farrell

I want to share the ballet world with everyone.

— Misty Copeland

Ballet dancers are among the greatest living athletes.

— Justin Peck

Ballet is a closed world and very rigid; MGM was a fairyland. You'd walk down the lot, seeing all these fabulous movies being made…

— Cyd Charisse

I love going to see the theatre whether it's a Broadway play or a Russian ballet company.

— Michael Ealy

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

— Misty Copeland

I knew I wanted to be a ballet dancer, but what kind, I wasn't sure. My two dream companies had been New York City…

— Wendy Whelan

Ballet is only good when it is great.

— Arlene Croce

City Ballet remains a great company in perpetual artistic crisis.

— Robert Gottlieb

I liked the structure of ballet.

— Wendy Whelan