#ballet

I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre. ↗

— Samantha Barks

#bands #began #choirs #church #clarinet

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#ballet #every #given #important #me

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#been #dancer #i #lucky #many

I've always been excited by the strangeness of ballet, but I can't bear it when people just come forward and do a turn in the air for no reason. ↗

— Matthew Bourne

#always #ballet #bear #been #come

You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#dance #formal #i #i do #i love

Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet. ↗

— Deborah Bull

#career #dancing #glad #i #royal

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

— Deborah Bull

#ballet #bulk #case #example #for example

Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started. ↗

— Neve Campbell

#dance #louis #old #started #versailles

The music industry is so easy compared to the ballet world. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#compared #easy #industry #music #music industry

Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery. ↗

— Robert Caro

#i #me #mystery #sort #unravel