255 Quotes About Ballet

So many people report to be contemporary dancers, and they're not. They are sort of jazz dancers that feel like they're throwing a bit of classical in there. I mean, a true contemporary dancer has got ballet as their base and classical ballet, and that is their base. And then they choose to extemporize on that and go into a contemporary world.

Most dancers have no awareness of how they look; half of them think they're fat. There is anorexia in the ballet world; there are those things.

Rangers have a team of highly-paid ballet dancers these days. The majority of them are already financially secure for life, yet they are not prepared to give anything in return. They are a disgrace.

The real beauty in life is that beauty can sometimes occur.

Come knit hands, and beat the ground in a light fantastic round

To many a youth and many a maid, dancing in the chequer'd shade.

The noble entitlement bespeaks an élan, a certain type of relationship with your partner. It means formidable technique not displayed lightly. The excitement comes from elegance.

Bravura has nothing to do with technique. It's all about timing and oozing life.

He moved like a cat, a ballet dancer, but there was nothing homosexual about him...He could be dangerous when drunk... He liked to fight.