#ballet

In swimming at my level it's about control of the small movements. A good ballet dancer floats across the stage, the best sprinters virtually abolish gravity. All motion occurs in the right direction. ↗

— Alexander Dale Oen

#about #across #ballet #ballet dancer #best

If I didn't have kids, I would be at the theater or the ballet every single night of my life. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#every #i #kids #life #my life

I feel his arm Lightly Over me. He takes one of my outstretched hands. Draws it beneath my stomach. "One more time..." This is not sex, Not friendship. Something Strange Special In the stillness of his breath, The waterlike way he moves. He is making a dance. We are making a dance. ↗

— Stasia Ward Kehoe

#dance #friendship

I deliberately made an effort not to become an expert on the ballet. ↗

— Robert Caro

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I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience. ↗

— Robert Caro

#because #come #experience #experiences #get

I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why. ↗

— Robert Caro

#i #know #never #old #until

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage. ↗

— Robert Caro

#ballet #dance #embodies #feel #like

There might've been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet, when you kind of lift yourself here, it's all up in the head. ↗

— Albert Finney

#ballet #been #head #here #i

The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking. ↗

— Isadora Duncan

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And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet. ↗

— John Guare

#broadway #broadway show #city #great #new