Ballet Quote by Robert Gottlieb

Christopher Walken was probably the most experienced dancing partner I've had in movies, because he has the same background as I do. He's from…

— John Travolta

I've admired Lawrence master from his choreographer days. I love how he experiments and makes it work. I like his attention to detail and…

— Kajal Aggarwal

Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.

— Fred Astaire

As a dancer I had worked with really hard choreographers, Jerome Robbins being the toughest. And you learned what it is to hit against…

— Joan Tewkesbury

The choreographer cannot deliberately make a ballet to appeal to an audience, he has to start from personal inspirations. He has to trust the…

— Gerald Arpino

George Balanchine is my role model because his work is so varied. You can see two ballets of his and not even realize that…

— Justin Peck

One of the eternal mysteries of ballet is how untalented choreographers find backers for their work, and then find good dancers to perform in…

— Robert Gottlieb

I loved being at the Royal Ballet. Those choreographers, MacMillan and Ashton, they knew how to translate complicated life into choreography.

— Sylvie Guillem

Choreographers tend to treat ballet dancers like kids they can manipulate.

— Sylvie Guillem

I have always seen myself as a choreographer first and foremost.

— Arlene Phillips

A young choreographer often gets hung up on thinking they have to have all the answers. As a choreographer ages, they realize that they're…

— Dana Tai Soon Burgess

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