Ballerina Quote by Ninette de Valois Download Open image “And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.” — Ninette de Valois ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Applied Dance Ballerina Ballerinas Ballerinas Like Classical Ballerinas Dance Like Sopranos Sopranos
Being a ballerina can be a very unnatural life, especially after you've had children. — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress. — Dakota Fanning Copy Share Image
I never dreamt of becoming a ballerina. I was just curious about it, it was something to explore. — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
It's a European art form, and you're used to seeing a certain type of person as a ballerina. And I don't look like a… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
As a child, I had been told that I was exactly what a ballerina should be. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I used to watch all the dancers from the dance theater of Harlem when i was younger and i wanted to be exactly like… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
I was a ballerina, and everything I did in dance was delicate, pretty. — Peyton Royce Copy Share Image
You can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do. — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull. — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
Nothing is done easily, first have the thing, then the thing has a success, then all sorts of difficulties arise through the success. — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
All Ballets' fundamental steps are derived from the folk dances of Western Europe. — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad, and indifferent. — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
No no, we ALL teach each other, whether it's dancing, whether it's singing, whether it's talking, we all listen to each other. That's progress. — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our different countries we divided them all a little differently… — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
You never advance without losing something en passant... you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing. — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
Well, I mean, we are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the… — Ninette de Valois Copy Share Image
To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen,… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
“O wayfarer! Yearn finds quench, not in meadows, seashores or altitude of mountain peaks; but when being and dance are one.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance like breath.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“Dance as the narration of a magical story; that recites on lips, illuminates imaginations and embraces the most sacred depths of souls.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
I think that the ideal physique and look of a ballerina is always changing with different eras. And it's continuing to change. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Did I ever tell you my pet peeve?' No,' I said. People who dress up their pets to look like Little Lord Fauntleroys or… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken. — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to… — Cat Power Copy Share Image