Quotes by Ballet People who leave Washington do so by way of the box... ballet or coffin. Clay Pell ballet politics people Dance has become an exclusionary enterprise. To participate, one must be thinner than thin, of pleasing form, flexible, athletic and young. If you are not all these things, you will be allowed to dance in the privacy of your own living room. You just wouldn't dare to put yourself onstage. Clive Barnes athletic ballet dance One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing. Clive Barnes ballet dancing dance One of the most beautiful sights in dance is American Ballet Theatre in full flight. Clive Barnes ballet sight beautiful The real beauty in life is that beauty can sometimes occur. Colum McCann ballet real sometimes There were some parts of the film [Swiss Army Man] that the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] really wanted to look as elegant as a piece of ballet. As Hank and Manny go on in the story, they get better and better at being with each other and more and more adept - Hank knows more and more what Manny's going to need at any given point, and having that choreography helps a bit. Daniel Radcliffe ballet army men 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 dancer ballet encouragement Ballet is quite unnatural on the joints. My body is just worn. My joints are 10 years older than me. Darcey Bussell ballet body years There are three steps you have to complete to become a professional dancer: learn to dance, learn to perform, and learn how to cope with injuries. David Gere ballet dancing dance Spectacular sporting events are bread & circuses. The Superbowl, for instance, is anything but "super". It is a Petri dish under the lens of mediaocrity, where surveillance of the spectators is just as mind numbing as the incomprehensible homo-erotic beefcake ballet being enacted on the pitch Dean Cavanagh erotic ballet mind Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet. Deborah Bull ballet careers dancing You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case. Deborah Bull training ballet example 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 royal ballet class Of course I was always mad about the ballet russe, mad about it! Diana Vreeland courses mad ballet The available worlds looked pretty grim. They had little to offer him because he had little to offer them. He had been extremely chastened to realize that although he originally came from a world which had cars and computers and ballet and Armagnac, he didn't, by himself, know how any of it worked. He couldn't do it. Left to his own devices he couldn't build a toaster. He could just about make a sandwich and that was it. Douglas Adams toasters ballet car I tell you, the arts - and especially ballet - the discipline is extraordinary. I was extremely impressed. Dwayne Johnson ballet discipline art The Dance instills in you something that sets you apart. Something heroic and remote. Edgar Degas heroic ballet dance Great art is never perfect; perfect art is never great. Edward Abbey ballet perfect art What's so wonderful about ballet is that it's mind-driven physicality. It's almost a Greek ideal of body, mind, and form. Edward Villella ballet dance greek I had to learn that slower is faster If you practice every day with patience and correctness, you will get there. It's like preparing for a jump. You can't rush. You must summon the appropriate energy. Edward Villella ballet energy practice «1234567891011»