#ballet

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

#come #curtain #first #had #i

The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations. ↗

— Robert Caro

#beauty #bringing #brought #city #generation

I skate about 15 to 20 hours a week and also incorporate a lot of off-ice training. I take ballet and Pilates classes and lift weights with my physical therapist when I'm not on the ice. ↗

— Sasha Cohen

#also #ballet #classes #hours #i

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#ballet #ballet dancer #dancer #farm #good

I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#ballet #ballet dancer #bled #constantly #dancer

My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band and was a bit nerdy. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#band #bit #community #girlfriends #i

Mum, who had been a dancer with a small ballet company before she got married, was full of encouragement. She didn't say, 'This is really good, you should do this', She just encouraged us to do whatever we liked. ↗

— Dannii Minogue

#been #before #company #dancer #encouraged

Real men don't lift weights, they lift women. ↗

— Every male ballet dancer

#dance #funny #inspirational #funny

Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#combination #event #figure #figure skating #good

I do take class because I still dance, and yes, I do slip into class with the Royal Ballet from time to time. ↗

— Deborah Bull

#because #class #dance #from time to time #i