Accepted Quote by Misty Copeland

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

For every dancer, no matter how amazing your career, there's more to life than ballet. Being adored by your audience, it's only part of…

— Darcey Bussell

At the ballet classes I took when I first came to New York, I would see great dancers like Cynthia Gregory and Lupe Serrano.…

— Twyla Tharp

The fact that black young dancers consider me to be a role model is incredible. I hope that they can continue to realize that…

— Michaela DePrince

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

This journey from non-dancer to dancer has given me a lot of self-confidence and inner strength. I feel like a different person.

— Ashish Sharma

I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.

— Bebe Neuwirth

I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be.

— Candice Swanepoel

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 think most people think of ballerinas as kind of either as a fairytale, far-away thing that's really not attainable, something they can't grasp,…

— Misty Copeland

As a dancer I feel fulfilled and would want all dancers to be proud of themselves.

— Shakti Mohan

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