Maria Karnilova Quotes

Certainly, when you train as a classical dancer, you are very much influenced by 'Giselle.' You see it all the time; you start to learn the steps a little.

Classical ballet will never die.

I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it from when I was eight until I was 18.

You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.

I had never a thought of training to be a ballerina. I was a normal child. I never dreamed of the tutu.

And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.

I am passionate about ballet.

I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.

When I was younger, people would always say, 'Are you a ballet dancer?' I had that look - one of those skinny kids with my hair in a bun.

I danced six hours a day. My cross to bear is that my children have no interest in ballet. I think they could smell how much I wanted to put their hair in a bun.

Ballet was just something that I always wanted to do.

Before founding Ballet Beautiful, I was a ballerina with the New York City Ballet.

I was a ballerina for 10 years growing up, but I stopped.

In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.

I've danced since I was 5 and went to the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center at 7.

I've been practicing ballet since I was three years old.

I took ballet when I was eight, like a lot of other people.

I really enjoyed watching a ballerina named Denise Dabrowski who used to dance at California Ballet. She was a beautiful ballerina and role model for a lot of young dancers.

My favorite dancer is Sylvie Guillem.

I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition.

The first time the Kirov ballet was seen in America was on Sept. 11, 1961. The ballet was 'Swan Lake.' The ballerina was Inna Zubkovskaya. The place was the old Met, on what must have been one of the hottest nights of the year, and there was no air-conditioning.

My mom put me in dance classes when I was 5 years old.

By the end of 'Swan Lake,' you know how there's all the corps on stage, and she keeps running in the back, doing arms? You can't feel your arms. You're just like, 'Ow.'