Colleen Atwood Quotes

I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.

I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.

All the things I do in my videos - the jumps, twirls and back bends - will also be onstage.

I was a dancer.

I used to be a dancer.

I very much like dance and dancers.

I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance.

I was a street dancer.

I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.

The ballet makes us look at those bodies, it makes us listen to that music, it makes us wonder at the geometry, of the way they come together. The way that extraordinary space is controlled and given such emotional force.

I competitively ice skate, and I also dance, and I do a lot of theater, which also involves a lot, a lot of physicality, because you have to do a lot of fast changes.

Having trained as a dancer growing up, I love any dance related events.

I enjoy being a choreographer.

People have always asked me why my favorite event was floor, and my answer was always, 'Because I love to dance!'

Ballet was so structured. I'd been craving something that could guide me.

I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.

Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.

Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.

What 'War and Peace' is to the novel and 'Hamlet' is to the theater, Swan Lake' is to ballet - that is, the name which to many people stands for and sums up an art form.

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.

I've danced my whole life. Martial arts is just fun for me, it's all choreographed a bit like dance. I have done Muay Thai and Wushu, which is cool because it's very fluid dance. I also do Tricking. It's kind of like Taekwondo with the big kicks and flips and showier aspects of martial arts.

My first vocation was dance.

Dance has been a big passion for me.

I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I was bad - I'm not very coordinated. But I always wished I could have been a dancer.

The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations.