#ballet

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

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

— Neve Campbell

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

— Vanessa Carlton

#compared #easy #industry #music #music industry

I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner. ↗

— John Guare

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However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet. ↗

— John Guare

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I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted. ↗

— John Guare

#ballet #because #celebration #city #every

The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us forget that. Because it keeps the ballet alive. ↗

— John Guare

#alive #ballet #because #city #dancer

The New York City Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And it's about listening, it's about listening to remarkable music and how we respond to that. ↗

— John Guare

#always #ballet #body #city #how

Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#ballet #boy #heaven #help #talent

Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward. ↗

— Andrea Thompson

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