Ballet Quote by Sergei Polunin

Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us.

— Robert Gottlieb

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

Being a ballet dancer isn't cool. Football, boxing, hockey... they're cool. And you make more money.

— Sergei Polunin

You can usually tell how healthy a ballet company is by the degree of your interest in the middle ranks of the dancers -…

— Robert Gottlieb

It takes a lot of money to be a part of the ballet world. Both the training and the supplies are expensive, the shoes,…

— Misty Copeland

I think that, like any kind of career, there are many different people involved in the ballet world.

— Amanda Schull

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

— Margot Fonteyn

There's no agents or managers to represent them. Dancers don't have any voice. They have nothing. Nobody can afford a flat to live in.…

— Sergei Polunin

Dancers work really hard, they don't make any money. It's hard.

— Andie MacDowell

When you're really serious about ballet, it's a job - even if you're 15 years old. You're doing it six to eight hours a day.

— Margaret Qualley

Initially, dancing for me was just for pocket money. The dancers are paid well and you get paid on a daily basis. Eventually when…

— Daisy Shah