American Quote by Misty Copeland

The majority of people know me as a dancer, but they don't also know that I'm a director, a songwriter and a producer.

— Cris Judd

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 want to be known as a delicate, Black dancer who does classical ballet.

— Michaela DePrince

I know what my talents are, and at the end of the day I'm an actor who can dance.

— Harry Shum, Jr

I'm a dancer, I'm an entertainer.

— Israel Adesanya

I realized I'm a very, very white dancer.

— Thomas Rhett

I grew up wanting to be a ballet dancer.

— Hilary Farr

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

— Bebe Neuwirth

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

I'm a classical ballet dancer, and at the end of the day I want to be with American Ballet Theater, performing classical ballets.

— Misty Copeland

Before I became famous, people who know me closely knew me first as a dancer, then a composer. I make music because I dance.

— Devi Sri Prasad

I feel like I represent every young dancer, and even non-dancer, who felt they were not accepted by the ballet world. I'd like to…

— Misty Copeland