I could have danced all night!
My mother danced; she loved the ballet.
Heaven help the American-born boy with a talent for ballet.
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.
I was always nervous about coming back to Australia which was a complete hangover of the days when I left when ballet was not accepted, when I was not accepted, when I was considered a freak for wanting to be a ballet dancer. And, to be 100% honest, I rather dreaded coming back.
Even if you weren't born with a genetically perfect body, you can take something like a hand, where everyone has the same capabilities, and you can make it speak. You can make it speak in many different ways.
I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballet-mongers.
We waltzed Lisztlessly.
The deep art. . . That's the part that has to be guarded like a miser would his money. . . Like a dope addict would his dope. . . Like a lover with their love.
Transplanting the ballet to the United States is like trying to raise a palm tree in Dakota.
I still love to see the ballet. And I love to boogie.
The hardest thing that I'll ever do, is ballet. Because you are either good or bad.
Although we do come from a silent profession, it is important for us to verbalize what we want to say. (As I tell my students): you could love someone all your life, but if you never say it how are they going to know? There comes a point when you have to say what you mean, which makes you scream louder when you dance.
I work out as little as I can for as much gain as I can. Yoga and a little bit of ballet -- only 30 or 40 minutes every other day. I keep supple for myself more than for roles.
Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time
When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.
Most people think of ballet as children in little tutus. They don't know it is sweat, blood and tears as well!
At the time I started in ballet they were dancing 'The Spirit of Champagne' on pointe, in Paris. I thought, 'I don't want to dance the spirit of champagne, I want to drink it!
One must shy away from questionable undertakings, even when they bear a high-sounding name.
The artistic path is a fearless occupation.