Quotes about ballet
ballet grew grew-up
I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously. Maureen O'Hara
ballet dancers majority prepared rangers secure team
Rangers have a team of highly-paid ballet dancers these days. The majority of them are already financially secure for life, yet they are not prepared to give anything in return. They are a disgrace.
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 risk
You don?t see many full-length ballets being made like this, because the risk is so great.
ballet further innovator perception relentless
There really is a perception that if you know the ballet studies, you know Degas. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Like Picasso, Degas was a relentless innovator in everything he did -- in drawing, in printmaking, in photography.
ballet care too-much
I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required a certain kind of conformity that I didn't feel like I wanted to do. Suzanne Farrell
ballet moments
Do not brood. It makes the moment you are living in unavailable for learning and life.
ballet pieces want
I know a lot of choreographers prefer to do abstract dance and not be bothered with a story, but even when I'm asked to do classical ballet or a modern piece, I still want to tell a story. Susan Stroman
ballet genius doe
A genius is a talented person who does his homework. Thomas A. Edison
ballet dancing depending simple
Another fascinating aspect, ... is that it can be a completely different ballet depending on who's dancing it. It's so simple but it's so revealing, and it can tell such completely different stories.
ballet dancing folk school student
At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of the Metropolitan Opera.
ballets chance extreme
I like dramatic ballets, particularly if they're ballets in which I have a chance to go from one extreme of style or characterization to another.
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 knew sports
The thing about ballet that I never knew about is that it's one of the most excruciating sports that I've ever been a part of. I say sports because they train constantly, every single day. Mila Kunis
ballet good loved music passionate soon
I've always loved dancing. As soon as there is good music, I've got to get up and dance. I was passionate about ballet as a little girl. Cherie Lunghi
ballet normal
Why be normal? What's the point? Richard Saunders
ballet want mystery
Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery. Robert Caro
ballet rest-of-your-life like-you
At the ballet, you really feel like you're in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life.
ballet world easy
The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world Vanessa Carlton
ballet structure
I liked the structure of ballet. Wendy Whelan
ballet way needs
The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language. Twyla Tharp
ballet crafts given
Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding. Jennifer Ellison
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. John Guare
ballet inevitable lines moment planet
It's inevitable at a Lines Ballet performance: that moment when you wonder, what planet am I on?
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.
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 took
I took ballet for a while and it wasn't like, jumpy enough for me.
ballet great supposed
It's great for ballet aficionados, who know what's supposed to happen.
ballet donald example excited include oregon parts season spectrum
The big thing about the season is the festival. I'm excited because it's going to include many parts of the community, for example Donald Byrd's Spectrum Dance, and Oregon Ballet Theater.