About Quote by Twyla Tharp

Ballet is a classically based art form, so it comes with a certain set of rules, at least to start with; then it's about…

— Justin Peck

In theatre or in ballet, the ballerina always passes on what they know. It's a hands-on craft. You can't really learn the soul and…

— Ann Reinking

Theatre has taught me a lot, and I am sure there will be a lot to learn.

— Nana Patekar

I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative.

— Julian Casablancas

“So, why are so many people lacking in an understanding of the rules? No one has ever taught them!”

— John J. Daly Jr

Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.

— Karlie Kloss

Every step is basically a word, especially with musical theatre, because you're not doing it for dance's sake, you're promoting a story - and,…

— Ann Reinking

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

You don't have to know about ballet to enjoy it, all you have to do is look at it.

— Edwin Denby

I learned how to communicate and articulate myself from ballet. It's just insane to me, when they don't think of that as a part…

— Misty Copeland

“Ballet isn’t pop culture, after all; it is an art of the chosen few, a selected elite, for those who understand it; and it…

— Catherine E. Pawlick

I hate rules. I hate 'This is the way things are done'. I hate a lack of reinvention. I hate theatre as an archeological…

— John Tiffany