Lawrence Bender Quotes

I always wanted to act and sing, but my first love was ballet.

I was a ballerina for 10 years growing up, but I stopped.

I danced with the London Festival at Covent Garden. I'm a ballerina by trade; I'm a ballerina who sings by the way.

And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.

I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.

I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.

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

I danced for 15 years of my life. Which was my love and my passion.

I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.

I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment.

Sure, I could give advice; I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say is do something you want to do and do it well. And if you want to be a choreographer, then you have to make dances.

Dancing is my passion. I started as a dancer.

I think the inception of my interest in arts was when I was around 9 or 10 and I started dancing. I was really convinced that I was going to go to New York and be onstage in 'A Chorus Line.'

From almost the first time I stepped on a stage, I knew that was what I wanted to do.

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

As far as dancing was concerned, I always wanted to do it. To actually be performing was thrilling for me.

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.

Ditya Bhande is a nice dancer.

Before founding Ballet Beautiful, I was a ballerina with the New York City Ballet.

I could have been a dancer. I just never got my shot at it.

I don't want to be anything else other than a ballerina. I love what I do outside of my work, but at the end of the day, I have to sacrifice.

I grew up always wanting to be a dancer and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways.

If I had to choose, it would be dancing. Dancing is my first passion and it's gotten me where I am today.

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

I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.