American Quote by Misty Copeland

I actually came to New York when I was 12 and did ballet school for a little while. I was being groomed to be…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

From the ages of 5 to 17, I was a competitive dancer. I even went to an arts high school and double-majored in dance and theatre.

— Madelaine Petsch

I grew up in San Francisco, and I trained as a ballet dancer until college.

— Chloe Benjamin

We moved from the suburbs to L.A. and I picked up break dancing when I was 10. I joined a dance crew in high…

— Doja Cat

When I was 13, I moved from New Jersey to Germany with my family. The high school was so supportive of my dream to…

— Nina Arianda

When I was 12, I was doing competitive jazz, tap and ballet in Michigan. The studio put the best dancers together, and I joined…

— Jillian Rose Reed

I did ballet, jazz and flamenco from when I was five years old. And my professional career started with dancing in musicals.

— Jennifer Lopez

I was seventeen when I moved to New York. I was nineteen when I joined the main company. I was going through a lot.…

— Misty Copeland

Growing up in Niagara Falls, Ontario, I took classes as a young girl and became very serious about ballet, and also performed with a…

— Cathy Marie Buchanan

I ended up training only for four years before I was accepted into American Ballet Theater in New York City.

— Misty Copeland

My mom was a dance teacher, so she put me in dance school when I was a kid. I did everything. I used to…

— Chris Messina

I started dancing when I was five, and I trained intensively as a competitive dancer up until the end of high school. I did…

— Jacob Artist