300 Ballet Quotes for You to Enjoy

'The Firebird' just symbolizes a lot for me and my career. It was one of the first really big principal roles that I was ever given an opportunity to dance with American Ballet Theatre, and it was a huge step for the African-American community, I think, within the classical ballet world. Misty Copeland

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My family didn't have very much money, so ballet wasn't even on my radar; I just found it randomly when I was 13 at a Boys & Girls Club. We were practicing in a basketball court in gym clothes with some old socks on. Even though it terrified me at first, I found that I really liked it. Misty Copeland

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Being one of the few African American women to make it to this level in a classical ballet company, the level of American Ballet Theatre, takes a lot of perseverance. Misty Copeland

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It's going to take a while before we see a real shift in the students and the dancers that are going into professional companies because it takes so many years of training, but I do think that there's a new crop of dancers, of minority dancers that are entering into the ballet world. Misty Copeland

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The classical ballet world is so exclusive and small, and a lot of people don't know about it. Misty Copeland

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Don't hold on to the barre like, 'I might die.' It's just ballet. Misty Copeland

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I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance. Nastassja Kinski

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All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world. Natalia Makarova

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An artistic standpoint - I've watched a lot of ballet and source some inspiration from how they move, connect with each other, and find meaning in their movement. Nathan Chen

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My training and ballet background definitely gives me the competitive edge on the ice. Nathan Chen

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I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment. Neil Patrick Harris

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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. Nigel Lythgoe

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Classical ballet will never die. Ninette de Valois

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Mr. Balanchine was a great gentleman, and he loved his dancers. He was devoted to his company. He came to the ballet every night, and his presence was felt. It was like the whole company was dancing for him. And if he liked you, he trusted you to be yourself. He didn't try to change you and make you into something you were not. Patricia McBride

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I come from a magnetic field of Catholicism. I was baptised by my mother's family, who were all traditional Catholics. But my mother was the black sheep of the family - she ran away to the ballet at 17. Pawel Pawlikowski

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I came to New York to study ballet and English. Penelope Cruz

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I remember playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them - I would think of a character and pretend to be someone else. My parents also took me to ballet school, and there I think I was able to start communicating those feelings or emotions - I danced for so many years. Penelope Cruz

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I did ballet as a child and started again seven years ago. I love that you hear this exquisite music, and for a moment, you feel like a thing of beauty; it's changed my awareness of my body. Rachael Stirling

My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz. Rachel Stevens

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From the time I made my announcement that I was going to be an actor, I auditioned for community theater, did shows at Greenbrier, interned at the Cleveland Play House for a summer, took voice lessons, took ballet lessons. I did everything that Cleveland allowed me to do - everything that was available to me. Reggie Lee

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