Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.

Quote by Alexander Pushkin

Topics: Ballet Quotes

Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.

Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.

Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan...

Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan...

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is...

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is...

If it were not for dreams there would not be such a thing as ballet,...

If it were not for dreams there would not be such a thing as ballet,...

When I was a little kid, I took tap and ballet. I've always loved to...

When I was a little kid, I took tap and ballet. I've always loved to...

Ballet is not technique but a way of expression that comes more closely to the...

Ballet is not technique but a way of expression that comes more closely to the...

The vocabulary and manner of classical ballet express a high order of discipline and restraint,...

The vocabulary and manner of classical ballet express a high order of discipline and restraint,...

Letting go of perfectionism, so ingrained in the nature of a ballet dancer, can be...

Letting go of perfectionism, so ingrained in the nature of a ballet dancer, can be...

A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning...

A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning...

My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked...

My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked...

Ballet is only good when it is great.

Ballet is only good when it is great.

Ballet is the one form of theater where nobody speaks a foolish word all evening...

Ballet is the one form of theater where nobody speaks a foolish word all evening...

Men wearing pants so tight that you can tell what religion they are.

Men wearing pants so tight that you can tell what religion they are.

What's so wonderful about ballet is that it's mind-driven physicality. It's almost a Greek ideal...

What's so wonderful about ballet is that it's mind-driven physicality. It's almost a Greek ideal...

Ballet class is like Life Lessons 101. You learn some of life's most important lessons...

Ballet class is like Life Lessons 101. You learn some of life's most important lessons...

You don't have to know about ballet to enjoy it, all you have to do...

You don't have to know about ballet to enjoy it, all you have to do...

Most people think of ballet as children in little tutus. They don't know it is...

Most people think of ballet as children in little tutus. They don't know it is...

Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult. It never becomes easy...it becomes possible.

Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult. It never becomes easy...it becomes possible.