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The ballet world I don't think is an art form that is quick to change or to adjust or evolve.
There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence.
When I was nine, I started doing ballet. That's when I knew that I was down to keep doing it.
My intention is to make sure that the new work being created for the ballet world is relevant.
The classical ballet world is so exclusive and small, and a lot of people don't know about it.
Making the ballet really taught me how to get things moving. Ballet dancers don't stand still.
I wear short shorts. After 10 years of strenuous ballet, it's the least my legs can do for me.
As a kid, I had a lot of energy; but the ballet lessons made me calm - this pleased my mother.
I can dance. I like hip hop and stuff and jazz movements, but I'm horrible in ballet. I tried.
Ballet is an incredible art, but it can be a bit elitist, which is a really big turn off to me.
In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree.
Ballet Beautiful is a workout that transforms the body without overtaxing the system or joints.
In a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and uniform when you're in a cour de ballet.
I was from Washington, D.C., and then I came to New York and got the scholarship for the ballet.
Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.
You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.
And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.
In France, ballet is on TV ... It's on the eight-o'clock news. It's a cool thing to be a dancer.
I've always been a bit of a poser. I was chucked out of ballet lessons for looking in the mirror.
I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.
As time goes on, all schools only get left alive if they have found something special themselves.
Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups.
When I was a little kid, I took tap and ballet. I've always loved to dance. I'm a rhythm machine.
Coco Chanel was always doing things with ballet, so it is a tradition clashing fashion and ballet.
I'd say the only time I ever get nervous is around great ballet dancers or people I really admire.
I've been dancing all my life and studied at Joffrey Ballet when I was 13 and singing all my life.
On an ideal Saturday night, I'll go to the New York City Ballet, where my friends play percussion.
I'd rather be a guy that can build a house or fix a car than be able to walk like a ballet dancer.
I always liked dancing and you'd go to class and find you had an hour acting and an hour of ballet.
Russians are very discerning about ballet. They're very opinionated about what classical ballet is.
Ballet is a finite art - your body won't let you do it forever, so I wanted to do it while I could.
I think that, like any kind of career, there are many different people involved in the ballet world.
Ballet is quite unnatural on the joints. My body is just worn. My joints are 10 years older than me.
I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.
I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap.
I've been very physical my whole life. I've done a lot of ballet, fencing and karate, and everything.
The purpose of art is higher than art. What we are really interested in are masterpieces of humanity.
I'm very flower-like. I love classical music. I go to ballet and I cry. There's nothing so beautiful.
You go to the ballet and you see girls dancing on their tiptoes. Why don't they just get taller girls?
Americans will be amazed to find ho many of the modern dance steps are relics of the African heritage.
One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing.
The first show I did was 'The Nutcracker' ballet. I was one of the kids who comes out in the beginning.
Badminton is like ballet dancing. It requires a lot of control, strength, mind play and measured movement
You can do anything you want, even if you are being told negative things.stay strong and find motivation.
I do ballet and pointe work. I also do tap, commercial jazz and technical jazz, freestyle street dancing.
Cricket is first and foremost a dramatic spectacle. It belongs with theatre, ballet, opera and the dance.
I tell you, the arts - and especially ballet - the discipline is extraordinary. I was extremely impressed.
Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York.
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.