Ballet Quote by Michaela DePrince Download Open image “I want to show that black people can dance ballet as well as white people.” — Michaela DePrince ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ballet Black Black people Dance People Show White people
I want to bring awareness to the lack of diversity in ballet, and feel like that's a large part of my purpose. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I want to be known as a delicate, Black dancer who does classical ballet. — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
You cannot help but watch ballet dancers like Precious Adams without realizing that a classical ballerina can be black. However, talking about this isn't… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
I'm still trying to change the way people see black dancers that we can become delicate dancers, that we can be a ballerina, — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
The idea that ballet is a white art is absurd and shocking, and it’s gone on for too long. Nothing would make me happier… — Benjamin Millepied Copy Share Image
I remember that my mother used to take me to see ballets, especially if there were black people in them. — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
I am most excited about reaching out to young girls who dream of a career in ballet, especially to African-American young girls, because they… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
I feel an obligation to use black dancers because there must be more opportunities for them, but not because I'm a black choreographer talking… — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
My dancers must be able to do anything, and I don't care if they are black or white or purple or green. I want… — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
I know it is easier said than done, but you have to find a way to surround yourself with positivity. — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
What I love most about ballet is being able to express my emotions through dance, and to be able to bring others joy through… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
No matter what people tell you, you should focus on your goals and you should do what you want to do, especially if you… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
I didn't really think I would ever make it out of Africa. I dreamt about it, but I didn't think it would happen. — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
There is no way that anyone could experience a war and witness all the horror that it brings without gaining a greater respect for… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to prove people wrong, and that's what drives me. I've been like that since Sierra Leone, when everyone said, 'Nobody is… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
No matter how much talent and drive I had, I know that I could not have made it without the parents who adopted me… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
The thing is for me, I've accepted the way I look and I don't think what anybody says is gonna change what I think… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
Studying ballet is an expensive endeavor. I know I could never have done it without the generosity and sacrifice of my parents, but not… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
Dancing has changed my life. It gave me hope and helped me to deal with my anger about all the things that have happened… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
I want to change the way people look at black ballerinas and how they think about adoption. I want to become a role model… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
“Afterwards Isabelle often wondered if the moments themselves were greater or the memory of them. At least the memory did not pass, while the… — Toni Bentley Copy Share Image
One can be a great artist without being a great technician. There have been many famous ballet stars who did not have the ideal… — Fernando Bujones Copy Share Image
So I'm studying ballet every day and really training so people will see me as a ballet dancer, which no one's seen before. — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired to attain.… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
What I love most about ballet is being able to express my emotions through dance, and to be able to bring others joy through… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
It is not a question of who dances but of who or what does not dance. — Ruth St. Denis Copy Share Image
Ballet is pure and demands that you serve something larger than yourself, whether it be beauty or art, or a combination of both. It… — Peter Martins Copy Share Image
Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't quite know how I'm going to do them, because… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
I'd rather be a guy that can build a house or fix a car than be able to walk like a ballet dancer. — Travis Fimmel Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I moved to Torrance, California to train at a more advanced studio, and by 19, I joined the American Ballet… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to… — Patrick Swayze Copy Share Image
