Ballet Quotes
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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When I was about 12, I was studying Chinese and ballet with my brother, and one morning Jonathan said to me, 'I don't think I'm going to go to ballet class anymore,' and I looked at him and said, 'You know, I don't think I'm going to go to Chinese class anymore.'
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Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
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I started with ballet, and once I started to really like it, I got into more - I did jazz and tap, and then kept going.
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I have done the company lifestyle for 16 years, and ballet has changed.
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At age 14, coming to the U.S., all I knew was American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov, Nureyev, and some of the European companies. I barely knew anything about Balanchine.
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I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of my endeavours. I am always on time; I take things very seriously. I've built up my inner strength and self-esteem over time as I've improved as a dancer.
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I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children's author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president.
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There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.
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I did community theater in Georgia and called myself a ballet dancer.
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I just don't do much social media. No, it is more important to strike a balance between ballet and real life.
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I wanted to be a ballet teacher.
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I copied my brother. He was a natural dancer. Graceful. People always asked did we study ballet. We never did.
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I can dance. I like hip hop and stuff and jazz movements, but I'm horrible in ballet. I tried.
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I think that taking ballet is one of the best things a girl can do. Period.
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Me in high school, I was kind of a loner. I had a handful of friends. I'd eat my lunch in my car every day in my senior year. I went to ballet. I was a ballerina, so I was very focused on that. You kind of have to be. That was two-thirds of my week, going to ballet class.
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In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.
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Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.
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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.
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The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world.
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I was a very rotund child with short hair, and for some reason, I always had black ballet shoes. I was like the Wednesday Addams of ballet.
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Wrestling is ballet with violence.
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I did ballet and gymnastics, and then I started acting when I was eight - just doing amateur theater at a place called Oldham Theatre Workshop in my hometown.
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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.
