Ballet Quote by Twyla Tharp

Both costume and fashion are about telling a story, except that in a ballet the story has already been written by the composer or…

— Raf Simons

Ballet will speak for itself. About itself.

— George Balanchine

When I would create a dance, I wouldn't have the luxury that ballet people do when they take a piece of music and impose…

— Gene Kelly

My intention is to make sure that the new work being created for the ballet world is relevant.

— Justin Peck

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

— Robert Gottlieb

Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.

— Robert Caro

When I'm making a new ballet, I usually read through the score a little bit, and then I have to go back and translate…

— Justin Peck

“The very essence of ballet is poetic, deriving from dreams rather than from reality. About the only reason for its existence is to enable…

— Théophile Gautier

When you can't follow a ballet's action, you can always read the program notes.

— Robert Gottlieb

I want to share the ballet world with everyone.

— Misty Copeland

I think that story ballets, as great as they might sell, they're a really dated and awkward medium to tell stories through. I think…

— Justin Peck