Air Quote by Misty Copeland

For a long time everyone had a stereotype of ballet that it was easy and that we were just prancing around. But thanks to…

— Francesca Hayward

Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And…

— John Guare

Whoever thought of making ballet? I mean, what is it? It's so alien. You just look at people's behavior as well - people trying…

— Sergei Polunin

What's always interested me the most about ballet is it's this great opportunity for many different artistic mediums to come together to create a…

— Justin Peck

If nobody comes to your shows, then it's modern dance. If everybody comes to your shows and no one likes it, is that ballet?…

— Mark Morris

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

— Robert Caro

When you are on stage in front of an audience, you want to engage the entire crowd. If a thousand people are in the…

— Suzanne Farrell

What makes people and companies and artistic directors and choreographers interested in working with dancers is the ability to kind of let go of…

— Misty Copeland

When I would create a dance, I wouldn't have the luxury that ballet people do when they take a piece of music and impose…

— Gene Kelly

It is a temptation to exploit one's technique because an audience is easily reached this way, but they cannot be moved by technique alone…

— Alla Osipenko

People want to dance, and they need something to dance to.

— Philip Bailey

[Dancing] was just a nice way of expressing myself, listening to music, and being able to move around and be free, but also really…

— Jillian Hervey