Famous Quotes & Sayings

When I was 12, I was doing competitive jazz, tap and ballet in Michigan. The studio put the best dancers together, and I joined that. We always did really, really well in local competitions.

Avril Lavigne

He was a punk, she did ballet. What more can I say.

Artie Shaw

If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat.

Carine Roitfeld

Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.

Carine Roitfeld

I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.

Carine Roitfeld

Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.

Chandra West

When I was five years old, I told my parents that I wanted to take ballet. So, ballet was the focus of my life... until puberty. Then I discovered boys and started dating a guy with a mohawk who'd come to my ballet class and freak everybody out. Shortly after that is when I quit.

Rachel Corrie

I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children's author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president.

Ann Hood

As an adult, I took ballet classes three times a week, and I believed it gave me better posture, a stronger body, and made me more graceful.

We do a lot of ballet movements in class. So if you don't have a Crunch gym nearby, you can check out your local ballet studio.

Iris Apfel

I live in the Dark Ages, the 17th century. Actually, I would have loved to be in Paris in the early 20th century when the Ballets Russes were there and Chanel was designing.

I did community theater in Georgia and called myself a ballet dancer.

Sarah Parish

My earliest memory is of sitting at Mum's dance school, watching her teach a ballet class.

Nigel Lythgoe

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.

Sofia Vassilieva

My parents have always been open to me trying new things, whether it's yoga or ballet or tap or jazz or piano or horse riding.

David Hallberg

Many dancers are content with the repertoire they're given. Others are dissatisfied but don't know why. Then there are a few like me that are curious and grab at everything. Can that curiosity thrive in the ballet world, or should it exist elsewhere? That's the eternal question.

I said to the scouts I was standing with that Ryan would play at the highest level. He was like a ballet dancer when I saw him and I knew we had to get him,

Elizabeth Olsen

I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.

Sierra McCormick

If I'm at a party, I can put on some crazy dance moves. However, it's not synchronized, beautiful or choreographed like a ballet dancer. I'd love to be graceful like that.

Alicia Vikander

I still love to see the ballet. And I love to boogie.

Deborah Bull

You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case.

Ansel Elgort

I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.

Ansel Elgort

When I was nine, I started doing ballet. That's when I knew that I was down to keep doing it.

Jennifer Grey

I wasn't a dancer learning to play Baby Houseman. I was Baby Houseman learning to play a dancer. I was someone who'd never done any Latin dance. I'd taken jazz classes and ballet growing up in New York, so I had dance in me, and I knew I loved it, but I'd never done a dance audition.

Stephen Daldry

Leon has an exceptional combination of talents - he is an excellent ballet dancer, fantastic gymnast and contemporary dancer, and he can sing.

Robert Caro

My favorite ballet is Jewels. I don't think I've seen that more than four times. And each time you see it, you see something new in it.

Miller has had the Russian National Ballet perform several ballets over the years. They are an outstanding company of dancers.

Toni Tennille

My years of ballet and jazz dance lessons didn't make me any more graceful - they just helped keep me from bumping into the furniture on stage.

Twiggy

Ballet pumps are the dream shoes because they are so comfortable. They look great both with jeans and summer dresses; and you can even wear the right pair with an evening gown.

Twyla Tharp

It's very difficult for me to do fund raising for my own organization if I'm working for other companies because sponsors will say, 'Well, hey, man, if she's doing a ballet for Ballet Theatre, we'll give money to Ballet Theatre.'

Bill Conti

Mozart's job classification was to write music, which he did for ballets and operas. He got paid to do that, and taught on the side. He wasn't a waiter. He didn't sell mutual funds. Those are all noble professions, but if you want to be a professional composer, then you're writing dramatic music for film and television.

Sarah Shahi

My favorite workouts are the ones that don't feel like I'm working out! So, dance is a big one. Another is any kind of isolated moves, like ballet moves. Anything that works the glutes and legs - sign me up! And I like to blast the music. I have to get lost in the music. That helps.

Courtney Barnett

I grew up listening to hipster jazz and classical records... we went and watched ballet and orchestras - lots of cool stuff. Which I'm really grateful for - it's pretty nice being introduced to that when you're little.