Black Quote by Ntozake Shange

My earliest memory is of sitting at Mum's dance school, watching her teach a ballet class.

— Sarah Parish

My mother and my father always had me in ballet and dance, and I sang in a girl's group.

— Jessica White

My mother danced; she loved the ballet.

— Stefanie Powers

I did ballet when I was a kid.

— Camille Rowe

My parents were passionate about the ballet. They always played ballet music at home.

— Arlene Phillips

There was a period of time when I studied ballet a lot when I was growing up.

— India Eisley

My family didn't have very much money, so ballet wasn't even on my radar; I just found it randomly when I was 13 at…

— Misty Copeland

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

In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.

— Vincente Minnelli

My mum took me to the ballet at three, and that was the only time I sat still, with jaw open, mesmerised. She brought…

— Emma Rigby

Ballet was just something that I always wanted to do.

— Mary Helen Bowers

I always knew I wanted to dance and when I was eight, I started ballet lessons at a church hall. They all wore pink…

— Arlene Phillips