George Balanchine Quotes

Ballet is a riddle of means and ends.

I had danced when I was younger, until I was about 12, and I always idealized it, as most young girls do, as the most beautiful art. It's an expression without words.

Honestly, I am so ignorant of how dance works that I can't even imagine a story that you would want to tell through movement.

I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.

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

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.

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

I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.

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.

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.

Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer.

I was a dancer and performer.

Sylvie Guillem is the best dancer in the world.

Choreography is something that I am always going to take up, and it will be on the forefront.

I grew up going to see my sister dance, both at the ballet and later as a modern dancer, and have always been a big fan of the ballet. So I have had a long relationship with dance.

I used to be a dancer.

I'm a dancer, I'm an entertainer.

In song and dance, man forgets how to walk and speak and is on the way into flying into the air, dancing... his very gestures express enchantment.

Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.

One of the most beautiful sights in dance is American Ballet Theatre in full flight.

Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.

I'm a dancer, so I love to dance.

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.