#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

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

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

— Robert Caro

#i #me #mystery #sort #unravel

Sometimes during a ballet I'll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage. ↗

— Robert Caro

#ballet #beautiful #beautiful thing #concentrating #during

Some Russian ballet master woman said there's no culture in America, but if you look you can find interesting stuff in this country, don't you think? ↗

— Robert Duvall

#ballet #country #culture #find #interesting

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

— John Guare

#city #george #george steinbrenner #i #i think