Ballet Quotes
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I did ballet from the age of five, but what I loved was my gymnastics. I kept the ballet going because of the gymnastics, then found I was going to be too tall.
Darcey Bussell
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I had been a ballet dancer and never could make a living, and just being so excited that I got to, all of a sudden, live as an actor.
Lea Thompson
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I'd say the only time I ever get nervous is around great ballet dancers or people I really admire.
Dita Von Teese
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It's a normal part of the culture of ballet to go to a nutritionist in your first few weeks. They write down everything you eat and use a little roller that pinches you to measure the fat all over your body. Then, every semester, you get a letter saying either you're too thin, or you're OK, or you're overweight.
Margaret Qualley
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The domain of the ballet dancer is not earth but air.
Lincoln Kirstein
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I grew up studying dance, taking ballet lessons.
Jane Hamilton
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Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events... and nothing is like the fights to me. I'm excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job.
LeRoy Neiman
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Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.
Deborah Bull
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Fonteyn was our first proper British ballerina, and from the moment I started dancing, her image engulfed me. In my first year at the Royal Ballet School, Margot's statue was outside my dormitory. Like generations of budding ballet dancers before me, I used to touch her middle finger for luck.
Darcey Bussell
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I am trained, and I did do 'The Nutcracker' in its right form, but at the time, they told me I was black and I'd never be in 'Swan Lake.' I went through all those prejudices in the ballet community, and I still emerged wonderfully trained and found my way to Alvin Ailey where there were familiar faces.
Laurieann Gibson
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Maybe people have no idea how much work is behind a picture. It can seem very effortless, but there is a lot of work. It's exactly like doing ballet. It's hours and hours, but when you go onstage, it's just the pleasure of dancing.
Carine Roitfeld
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I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing.
Lynn Swann
