Anna Quindlen Quotes

I was a street dancer.

If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.

Music isn't what I do. It's who I am.

'Neverwhere,' by Benjamin Millepied, is set to his favorite composer, Nico Muhly.

Nothing is harder to create than brilliant comic ballets, except maybe brilliant full-evening comic ballets.

I hated Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' when it first turned up, and then when it was televised, and then when it returned.

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.

I was always dancing and acrobatics was my specialty.

Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups.

You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.

Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it.

I've been interested in art and fashion for as long as I can remember because they are so visual. I am fascinated by the idea of visual creation from the ground up, which is a challenge in ballet when the audience has seen every show of yours, every other principal that you've shared a role with, and every different production.

There is a very vibrant cultural scene in Stockholm. There are lots of places where there are concerts, and there are loads of museums and theaters.

Dancing is my passion. I started as a dancer.

I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.

All theater is dance.

My grandma was a ballerina.

I loved doing ballet. I trained for two years.

I was a dancer for many years. I was a premier dancer with 'Porgy and Bess,' the opera. And I taught dance some, in different places.

Acting is what I do with who I am.

Acting and performing is part of who I am.

I came to New York for school, and then I did this amazing show that was received very well, with a great group of people, and I felt like I was creating something that I was really proud of, and then 'Hamilton' was my next big thing in New York.

I started off in dance. That was actually my first passion, which introduced me to music, which people don't really know.

I love dance; that's a big part of my life - like, ballet specifically.