Ballet Quotes

I used to do ballet all the time, and I do this ballet workout: it is an amazing thing called Barrecore. It is like pulsing. It turns your legs into, like, jelly, and you feel like a Bambi; you lose so much control over your body because you're pulsing so much. Rita Ora
Time You Amazing Lose Control Feel Over Like Because Ballet Amazing Thing Bambi Legs Much Body Turns Your Used Your Body Workout Jelly Thing
I started taking ballet lessons when I was 4, and I was performing in ballet companies when I was 10, and I did summer stock in Miami Beach when I was 12, and finally I said, 'I gotta go to Broadway.' Rita Rudner
Summer Finally Broadway Beach Taking Performing Said Gotta Ballet Go Miami Stock Did Companies Lessons Started
If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. Ritchie Blackmore
Looking Dancer Out Over Counts Knowing How Ballet Ballet Dancer Falls Get Clumsy
At the ballet, you really feel like you're in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life. Robert Caro
Life You Rest Something Higher Outside Feel Like Ballet Than Really Your Presence
Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery. Robert Caro
Me Unravel Mystery Sort Ballet Want
I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why. Robert Caro
Old Never Know Until Ballet Years Why
Sometimes during a ballet I'll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage. Robert Caro
Beautiful Sometimes Stage See Faces Concentrating Look Beautiful Thing Around Ballet Up Intent Thing Rows
The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage. Robert Caro
Music You Sometimes Dance Stage Embodies See Almost Feel Like Ballet Up Notes
The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15. Robert Caro
Life Wonderful My Life First Rose See Something Scene Had Knew New Come Still Ballet Curtain Moment
The best seat in the house often depends on the ballet. For instance, much of the first act of 'The Nutcracker' is domestic and small scale, so it's great to sit up close. But the second act features elaborate scenery and choreography, which are better to observe from a distance. Robert Gottlieb
Best Great Better First Sit Distance Scale Small Scenery Features Small Scale Instance Observe House Ballet Domestic Up Close Often Depends Which Elaborate Much Act Choreography Seat Second
For Russians, to whom Pushkin's poem 'Eugene Onegin' is sacred text, the ballet's story and personae are as familiar and filled with meaning as, for instance, 'Romeo' and 'Hamlet' are for us. Russians know whole stretches of it by heart, the way we know Shakespeare and Italians know Dante. Robert Gottlieb
Heart Way Dante Russians Poem Shakespeare Sacred Instance Know Ballet Hamlet Italians Text Familiar Story Romeo Meaning Us Whole Filled Whom
Ballet in September used to be dead as a dodo. Now, with City Ballet's ingenious decision to give us four weeks of repertory in the early fall, having cut down on the relentlessly long spring season when dancers, critics and audiences droop on the vine, we wake up after the dog days of August with something to look at. Robert Gottlieb
Dog Wake Up Decision Long Spring Fall September Down Dancers Relentlessly City Critics Give Something Having Weeks Days Look Dead Audiences Ballet August Wake Repertory Up After Ingenious Cut Us Used Now Season Vine Four Early
One of the eternal mysteries of ballet is how untalented choreographers find backers for their work, and then find good dancers to perform in it. Is it irresistible charm? Chutzpah? Pure determination? Blackmail? Or are so many supposedly knowledgeable people just plain blind? Robert Gottlieb
Work Good People Determination Pure Mysteries Dancers Find Charm Perform Supposedly Blind Knowledgeable How Ballet Irresistible Just Eternal Plain Then Many
What really matters is that 'Black Swan' deploys and exaggerates all the cliches of earlier ballet movies, especially 'The Red Shoes,' another tale of a ballerina driven mad and suicidal. Robert Gottlieb
Black Matters Shoes Mad Exaggerate Driven Red Tale Another Cliches Ballerina Ballet Swan Movies Really Earlier Suicidal
The Kirov is a great ballet company because it has so many terrific dancers, but it doesn't always know what to do with them. Robert Gottlieb
Great Dancers Know Terrific Because Always Ballet Them Many Company
You can usually tell how healthy a ballet company is by the degree of your interest in the middle ranks of the dancers - the not-yet stars, the up-and-comers. Robert Gottlieb
You Degree Healthy Stars Dancers Ranks Tell How Ballet Middle Interest Your Company
The mystery of Christopher Wheeldon deepens. Yes, he's the most talented of the younger ballet choreographers - indeed, where's the competition? Yes, he's particularly good at nurturing dancers and identifying their essential qualities. Robert Gottlieb
Good Competition Nurturing Christopher Dancers Indeed Mystery He Talented Most Particularly Identifying Qualities Ballet Yes Essential Younger
A lot of people have a lot of faith in Karole Armitage. They see her as bold, inventive, indefatigable. 'America isn't working out? There's always Europe. Ballet? No? Go modern. Keep going! Show 'em!' Robert Gottlieb
Faith People Out See Inventive Always Ballet Go Lot America Modern Going Working Show Europe Bold Keep Keep Going Her
Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us. Robert Gottlieb
Ups And Downs Rest Like Ballet Just Ups Us Companies Downs
Ballet Hispanico is a mixture of ethnic, ballet, social, jazz - you name it, it's doing it. The company has been going strong for more than 20 years, and you can see why: It may not be refined, but it's full of beans. Robert Gottlieb
You Strong Jazz Has-Been See More Beans Name Ballet Doing Been Years Mixture Refined Than Going May Social Ethnic Full Company Why
Tolstoy may be right about happy and unhappy families, but in ballet, it works the opposite way: All good ballets are different from each other and all bad ones are alike, at least in one crucial respect - they're all empty. Robert Gottlieb
Good Respect Happy Unhappy Other Way Alike Bad About Bad Ones Crucial Empty Least Ballet Ballets Opposite Families May Different Works Tolstoy Each Right
If you're small and can speak clearly and you're a cute kid, that's the craft, really. The whole child actor thing can be dangerous sometimes. Other kids were taking piano lessons; I did ballet and acting. Rose McIver
You Speak Dangerous Sometimes Cute Other Other Kids Kid Kids Small Piano Piano Lessons Taking Clearly Ballet Were Child Child Actor Did Craft Really Acting Lessons Whole Actor Thing
When I was filming in Budapest for ITV's 'Titanic,' I realised I'd never been to the ballet before so decided to see a production of 'Giselle.' I went on my own. As it was my first ballet, it was a very bizarre and interesting experience but very enjoyable. Ruth Bradley
Experience First Before Own Bizarre See My Own Never Budapest Ballet Been Very Decided Realised Titanic Interesting Production Enjoyable Filming
What I find funny are peoples' blind spots. That's the funniest thing about anybody - when they just don't realize who they are. What's funny about seeing a hippo do ballet is it thinks it's a swan. Sam Richardson
Funny People Funniest Thing Find Seeing About Blind Spots Ballet Just Anybody Swan Realize Who Thing Thinks Funniest
If you have to tell a story without speaking, it's sort of like - I come from a dance background, so it's like a ballet where you have to tell a story with just your body. I think that's really interesting to have to tell a story with just your face and your mannerisms, and I'd like to tap into that world. Sami Gayle
You World Dance Face Think Background Tell Come Like Sort Without Ballet Tap Just Where Story Interesting Mannerisms Really Body Your Your Body Speaking
I try and avoid cardio because it makes me lose a lot of weight. Instead, I do resistance training, model fit workouts, and ballet. Sara Sampaio
Me Training Try Lose Weight Instead Because Makes Ballet Lot Fit Model Avoid Workouts Cardio Resistance
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