Quotes about ballet
ballet certainly heritage history instilled russian
Ballet is certainly appreciated in New York, but it has been a part of the Russian culture, history and heritage for hundreds of years, so it's much more instilled in the Russian blood. David Hallberg
ballet full mixture name
Ballet Hispanico is a mixture of ethnic, ballet, social, jazz - you name it, it's doing it. The company has been going strong for more than 20 years, and you can see why: It may not be refined, but it's full of beans. Robert Gottlieb
ballet companies rest ups
Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us.
ballet dropped
We had to get up at 6 a.m. and never had a problem. She was doing ballet and gymnastics, then dropped gymnastics, Angela Davis
ballets good guarantees
What guarantees - or at least semi-guarantees - good ballets is good choreographers, and they are thin on the ground.
ballet life studied
I've been dancing all my life and studied at Joffrey Ballet when I was 13 and singing all my life. Melora Hardin
ballet built change less lively watch
What is true of ballet is no less true of the other lively arts. Change is built into their natures. You watch a performance, and then... it's gone. Terry Teachout
ballet biggest classical hold represents standard
It's probably one of the biggest cornerstones in the classical repertoire. It represents a standard of classical ballet that we still hold high.
ballet body human music realm remarkable respond spirit york
The New York City Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And it's about listening, it's about listening to remarkable music and how we respond to that. John Guare
ballet celebrate company happy landmark open point turning work
The ballet was a turning point for the company when it premiered in 1972 and I am happy to be able to celebrate this landmark work as we open in our new home. Karen Kain
ballet controlled emotional given listen wonder
The ballet makes us look at those bodies, it makes us listen to that music, it makes us wonder at the geometry, of the way they come together. The way that extraordinary space is controlled and given such emotional force.
ballet inevitable lines moment planet
It's inevitable at a Lines Ballet performance: that moment when you wonder, what planet am I on?
ballet both close dancer love meant till trained
I trained as a ballet dancer till I was 18, so I would really like to get back to it. I'd love it if there was a part that meant I could do both acting and ballet, as they're both so close to my heart. Jessica Brown Findlay
ballet break dancer fell love mum trained
I trained as a ballet dancer and fell in love with Rudolf Nureyev; I thought him the most beautiful creature. My mum had to break it to me that not only was he gay, but he was dead.
ballets counting difficult easy involved liked
I liked math. Counting was easy for me, which was good, because a lot of the ballets have involved difficult counts. Suzanne Farrell
ballet sort tap
If you have to tell a story without speaking, it's sort of like - I come from a dance background, so it's like a ballet where you have to tell a story with just your body. I think that's really interesting to have to tell a story with just your face and your mannerisms, and I'd like to tap into that world. Sami Gayle
ballet elements indian instead western
Instead of having a completely Western ballet, we have a ballet with elements of Indian dance.
ballet happened people
In the ballet world, obviously, people are small-breasted. On Broadway, what happened should be an attribute. Larry Klayman
ballet child clearly dangerous kids piano speak taking
If you're small and can speak clearly and you're a cute kid, that's the craft, really. The whole child actor thing can be dangerous sometimes. Other kids were taking piano lessons; I did ballet and acting. Rose McIver
ballet fall finally great seemed short wanting work
I had been wanting to do a short ballet to Schumann's work for so long and we were finally able to get a great pianist, everything seemed to fall into place.
ballet trying modern
I got the part [in Into the Forest], I started taking ballet again to try to regain my strength back. I actually love that it was changed to Crystal Pite's modern dance. And I wouldn't even really call it modern dance because it feels like it's in its own genre. Evan Rachel Wood
ballet company dancers decisions determined difficult heard
I'd never heard of a ballet company that didn't have dancers and didn't have performances. It was one of the most difficult decisions I've ever made. But I was determined that this company was not going down on my watch.
ballet figure graceful instructor loved moving needed patience
Her ballet instructor said she loved Leah and she was very graceful but she didn't have the patience for ballet. She said (Leah) needed to be moving constantly. She recommended figure skating. Joan Smith
ballet becomes breath environment good literally occupies royal school single works
Being in a place like the Royal Ballet School and part of an environment where there is so much discipline, where everyone works so hard, it just completely occupies your life. You literally live it and breath it every single day; it becomes who you are. And that, I think, is very good preparation for really anything you do in life. Will Kemp
ballet shooting saying-yes
I was completely broke, so I started saying yes to everything. I said yes to a woman who approached me about shooting the Dracula ballet, even though I felt like I was probably going to sabotage it. Guy Maddin
ballet belly button coach lessons needed opposed posture shoes skating study
I didn't study dance. I had some ballet lessons because I needed it for posture and for my arms, mostly. My skating coach said I really needed it, from the belly button up, as opposed to the footwork. In skating, the shoes don't move. Dorothy Hamill
ballet dance related role
It was a role that Mr. Fosse would have gravitated toward, a role he would have done if he was a ballet dancer. He related to it because it was dance used as theater.
ballet ballroom became dancer hours maybe practice upset
It upset me because I put in over 250 hours of practice for this show ... and just because I had ballet when I was a kid, maybe it helped, but I was never the kind of dancer that I became during this competition, and I had never done ballroom dancing. Stacy Keibler
ballet children fascinates ladies salon school sister talk together women
The world of women fascinates me, probably because my sister and I were always together as children in our mother's salon after school and after ballet classes. We used to talk about what we saw: the different ladies who would come in, all with their distinctive personalities. Monica Cruz
ballet great supposed
It's great for ballet aficionados, who know what's supposed to happen.
ballet world causes
In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.
ballet taught movement
Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement. Karlie Kloss
ballet likes modern
If nobody comes to your shows, then it's modern dance. If everybody comes to your shows and no one likes it, is that ballet? I don't know. Mark Morris