I think that taking ballet is one of the best things a girl can do. Period.
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.
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.
When I was filming in Budapest for ITV's 'Titanic,' I realised I'd never been to the ballet before so decided to see a production of 'Giselle.' I went on my own. As it was my first ballet, it was a very bizarre and interesting experience but very enjoyable.
I had never a thought of training to be a ballerina. I was a normal child. I never dreamed of the tutu.
In ballet class, I felt like Ralph Wiggum.
Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.
If you were ever a ballerina, you know the pain: just to be able to look like it's all so light, but when they take off their shoes, it's all bloody.
In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.
Before founding Ballet Beautiful, I was a ballerina with the New York City Ballet.
Classical ballet is very extreme. You're doing it six days a week, and it's a kind of obsession of perfecting a move. So every muscle in your body has been stretched and tightened, stretched and tightened.
I was a ballerina, and everything I did in dance was delicate, pretty.
The dream was to be a prima ballerina.
Classical ballet will never die.
My favorite dancer is Sylvie Guillem.
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.
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.
For a ballerina, the center of balance is everything - creating a strong center of balance begins with building strong abdominal muscles.
Ballet requires movements which are very unnatural. With every step, you do a circular movement of the hip. You turn out from the hip and make your knees point out to the side instead of forward.
If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.
I took ballet when I was eight, like a lot of other people.
I was a ballerina for 10 years growing up, but I stopped.
You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.
I'm always ballet ready.
I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.
