43 Quotes by Deborah Bull

I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck!

I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly not all tutus! So experience of other dance forms is a good idea.

It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine.

My feet are pretty normal, but they are probably much stronger than most people's feet, and some of the tendons are exceptionally strong.

I always found it helped if my partner and I had similar approaches and attitudes to our work, but we didn't need to be in love!

Some of the muscle tone will decrease and flexibility will also decrease. It's true what they say: if you don't use it, you lose it.

You can't reduce lactic acid, but you can increase your tolerance to it. I do this through running or cycling, but it's a good idea to match your training bout to the type of dance you do.

So if the dance is five minutes long, make yourself run for perhaps eight minutes. That way, you over-train and the dance will seem easier...

I enjoy the freedom of modern dance as well as the constraints of classical dance.