Sonoya Mizuno Quotes

I am a trained classical dancer.

So I'm studying ballet every day and really training so people will see me as a ballet dancer, which no one's seen before.

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing.

Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.

I was a dancer and performer.

I wanted to be an Ailey dancer. I would watch Alvin Ailey videos over and over, and I'd picture myself doing that. I was obsessed with it.

I have worked with several dance companies.

Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.

I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.

I deliberately made an effort not to become an expert on the ballet.

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

Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started.

When I was a dancer, I was acting.

As far back as I can remember, I wanted to dance, sing and perform.

I started dancing ballet when I was very young, so my background really is dance. But I remember loving the feeling of being on a stage and having a love for performing from a young age.

Dancing is my passion. I started as a dancer.

I liked the structure of ballet.

Being in ballet school and being in leotards in front of a mirror I don't know how many hours a day was quite tough.

Most people don't know that dancing auditions, you learn the steps right now.

Ballet is a classically based art form, so it comes with a certain set of rules, at least to start with; then it's about how far you want to push from there.

I worked as a belly dancer at a Greek restaurant senior year in high school.

My movement is usually about finding the balance between artistry, athleticism, and musicality. It always originates with a classical basis and expands outwards from that platform.

I think I'm a dancer in terms of what I do onstage.

I've always been interested in dance and want to be a trained contemporary dancer.

I taught and studied dance in college, and for over a decade, I thought that would be my career: tap dancer, ballet dancer, modern dancer. I still find myself doing some tumbling or interpretive dancing in the grocery store every now and then.