All night Quote by Robert Helpmann

I'm not fond of the idea of doing ballet for ballet's sake, because dancers get exploited and they're not paid well. They do it…

— Sergei Polunin

I have always been secretly obsessed with ballet - in awe of the discipline, the physicality, the poise and grace. Behind the perfectly placed…

— Angela Scanlon

Ballet is only good when it is great.

— Arlene Croce

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

I absolutely love ballet. It gives me a chance to act like a princess in a fairy-tale world.

— Michaela DePrince

I think all dancers are control freaks a bit. We just want to be in control of ourselves and our bodies. That's just what…

— Misty Copeland

I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.

— Twyla Tharp

I think most people think of ballerinas as kind of either as a fairytale, far-away thing that's really not attainable, something they can't grasp,…

— Misty Copeland

Ballet is more than a profession - it is a way of life.

— Margot Fonteyn

Ballet is important and significant - yes. But first of all, it is a pleasure.

— George Balanchine

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

When I was young, I couldn't think about ballet because I had to focus on my own field. But once you secure your own…

— Marina Abramovic