Ballet Quotes
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I wasn't a dancer learning to play Baby Houseman. I was Baby Houseman learning to play a dancer. I was someone who'd never done any Latin dance. I'd taken jazz classes and ballet growing up in New York, so I had dance in me, and I knew I loved it, but I'd never done a dance audition.
Jennifer Grey -
I always knew I was a bit different from my friends, had too much energy, and suddenly I could get it all out with ballet.
Darcey Bussell
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I always wanted to act and sing, but my first love was ballet.
Jennifer Ellison -
I took tap and ballet, which likely contributed to my sense of rhythm and showmanship. I love creating music that gets people moving together, free of inhibitions.
Bria Skonberg -
I do after-school ballet and also hip-hop and jazz.
Elle Fanning -
I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner.
John Guare -
For every dancer, no matter how amazing your career, there's more to life than ballet. Being adored by your audience, it's only part of the story.
Darcey Bussell -
I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.
Carine Roitfeld
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Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.
Jennifer Ellison -
I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance.
Nastassja Kinski -
Throughout my childhood, I did a form of Irish dancing that was kind of the precursor to 'Riverdance.' It was a mixture of ballet and Irish dancing that my teacher, Patricia Mulholland, had invented, essentially. It was Irish ballet, and she would create performances based around the myths and legends of Ireland.
Laura Donnelly -
I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.
Damian Woetzel -
If Shanghai wants to be an international cultural center, they have to do something about that. The reason I left is that I wanted to explore what ballet is all about, and if I had stayed put, that wouldn't have happened.
Yuan Yuan Tan -
I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers.
Adam Garcia
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I think Hong Kong's ballet audience is very sophisticated in the sense that they are able to find the beauty in good performances.
Yuan Yuan Tan -
My workout is ballet class and rehearsal - I've never belonged to a gym.
Yuan Yuan Tan -
Wrestling is ballet with violence.
Jesse Ventura -
My first mentor and inspiration was my Irish Dancing teacher Patricia Mulholland. She created her own form of dance known as Irish ballet and created stage productions of old Irish myths and legends. They were my first experiences on stage. She told my mum I was destined for the stage, and I took that as my cue.
Laura Donnelly -
My mother was the influence on me - my father was absent. He was a diamond dealer; he was doing wonderful things in the background, and women were left at home. So my mother really was in charge of everything: the ballet, dance lessons, piano lessons, and latkes.
Maira Kalman -
The best physique I ever had was when I was ballet dancing.
Manu Bennett
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My parents have always given me whatever I wanted. Took me to the ballet, the opera, museum exhibitions. I was always surrounded by art. It's their fault I've become an actress.
Bar Paly -
When I was still a student, I came out of a performing arts high school, and the female students who were doing traditional dance and ballet were so beautiful. They were beautiful, starting from their postures.
G-Dragon -
The highest heels I do are six-inch heels - but mostly only dancers can wear them, since they are used to being on point in ballet shoes.
Christian Louboutin -
My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz.
Rachel Stevens