#ballet

I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in. ↗

— Elizabeth Debicki

#age #ballet #children #dancer #dancers

All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs. ↗

— John Guare

#beautiful #beautiful home #city #does #hit

And it is always Easter Sunday at the New York City Ballet. It is always coming back to life. Not even coming back to life - it lives in the constant present. ↗

— John Guare

#back #ballet #city #coming #constant

My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation for anything you do, so I wanted to get a classical background and voice. ↗

— Shuler Hensley

#background #ballet #best #classical #classical training

You realize you can get good at something, even though ballet almost felt like you could never be good enough. No matter how hard you worked, it was so hard to be a great dancer. ↗

— Susanna Hoffs

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I copied my brother. He was a natural dancer. Graceful. People always asked did we study ballet. We never did. ↗

— Harold Nicholas

#asked #ballet #brother #copied #dancer

People who leave Washington do so by way of the box... ballet or coffin. ↗

— Claiborne Pell

#box #coffin #leave #people #washington

Music and Dancing, not only give great pleasure but have the honour of depending on Mathematics, for they consist in number and in measure.....Therefore, whatever the old doctors may say, to employ oneself at all this is to be a Philosopher and a Mathematician. ↗

— Charles Sorel

#ballet #dance-math #music

I think it's really important to mix cardio with toning, so I love boxing and then add in Pilates or ballet to keep me long and lean and avoid bulking up. ↗

— Lily Aldridge

#avoid #ballet #boxing #cardio #i

I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#classes #dance #dance classes #half #i