Ballet Quotes

When I started thinking seriously about learning the rules of narrative, I thought, 'You've learned the rules of dancing from the ballet; what's the matter with learning the laws of theater from the people who know how to do it?'

Twyla Tharp
- People
- Thinking
- Learning
The focus of our family life was homework and what was for dinner; getting to ballet rehearsal and getting my brother to soccer.

Lily Rabe
- Life
- Family
- Focus

I have never felt oppressed by women or that feminism is a problem. I do think boys find it hard to like things seen as feminine. I want my son not to feel self-conscious he likes ballet and my daughter to carry on playing Han Solo; that's all.

Matt Haig
- Women
- Son
- Daughter
We are going to set up a branch of the St Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre here [on the Far Easter]. We are also planning to open local branches of the Hermitage Museum and the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.

Vladimir Putin
- Theatre
- Planning
- Easter
I think it's really important to mix cardio with toning, so I love boxing and then add in Pilates or ballet to keep me long and lean and avoid bulking up.

Lily Aldridge
- Up
- Important
- Long
At the ballet classes I took when I first came to New York, I would see great dancers like Cynthia Gregory and Lupe Serrano. I would look at them and study what they could do, and what I couldn't do. And then I'd think maybe they should try what I could do.

Twyla Tharp
- Great
- Study
- Ballet
I've always been a figure skater and ballet dancer. I love physical comedy, and any chance that I get to do that... that is so me.

Allison Janney
- Comedy
- Ballet
One of the first things I created was music for the Paris opera's ballet troupe. That was the first time that electronic music was played at the opera. I really like the relationship between the music and the choreography.

Jean-Michel Jarre
- Time
- Music
- Relationship