African american Quote by Misty Copeland

Once you become a professional, to get through a ballet like 'Swan Lake' - four acts as the lead, changing character - the perseverance…

— Misty Copeland

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

— Amanda Schull

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

— Robert Gottlieb

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

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are looking at me, and it's my responsibility…

— Misty Copeland

I think American Ballet Theatre is setting that standard now for classical ballet, that you can dream big, and it doesn't matter what you…

— Misty Copeland

At least in my performances, the audience has become so diverse in a way that I don't think ballet has ever experienced.

— Misty Copeland

In ballet, it doesn't matter who you are. If you're good, it's such a rare thing, so unusual, that the talent will go wherever…

— Francesca Hayward

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

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

— Margot Fonteyn

Letting go of perfectionism, so ingrained in the nature of a ballet dancer, can be the most difficult thing.

— Anonymous