Dance Quote by Ninette de Valois

All Ballets' fundamental steps are derived from the folk dances of Western Europe.

— Ninette de Valois

The only information we have about the early history of the dance comes to us from the rock paintings created by primitive man tens…

— Curt Sachs

Ballet is the repetitive training of the body for the purpose of executing steps in traditional fashion. It is tied to and bound by…

— Shirley MacLaine

Ballet is not technique but a way of expression that comes more closely to the inner language of man than any other.

— George Borodin

Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.

— Alexander Pushkin

Ballet is not technique, not a way of doing things, but a means of expression that comes perhaps more closely to the inner language…

— Anonymous

What's so wonderful about ballet is that it's mind-driven physicality. It's almost a Greek ideal of body, mind, and form.

— Edward Villella

Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started.

— Neve Campbell

Ballet is ultimately a logical technique; it favors the shortest, most efficient route from one position into another. This factor gives an aesthetic clarity…

— Anna Paskevska

“Finally, after years of study and watching, I realized our teachers were not just teaching steps or imparting technical knowledge, they were giving us…

— Jennifer Homans

Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it.

— Robert Gottlieb

Ballet is completely unnatural to the body, just being turned out... it's not the way your body is supposed to function, so you actually…

— Neve Campbell