Isadora Duncan Quotes

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.

I began dancing when I was 7 years old. I was told that I had the perfect ballet dancer's body and had these crazy high arches in my feet that resulted in an amazing point. Ballet was very disciplined and, frankly, a little boring, so I eventually transitioned to gymnastics. I loved that, although I never reached a competitive level.

Anybody cannot be a dancer. A dancer must have a certain posture, gestures, height, behaviour.

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.

Ballet can be grueling, for sure, but it gives you a certain discipline.

When I was still a student, I came out of a performing arts high school, and the female students who were doing traditional dance and ballet were so beautiful. They were beautiful, starting from their postures.

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

They do say, the smaller the feet, the better the dancer.

I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing.

All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs.

When I was a kid, toe dancing and toe shoes had a meaning in our culture as a serious kind of art.

If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good leg.

I began to fear that the Graham work was not in lots of ways sufficient for me. I suppose it came about from looking at other dancing and being involved with the ballet - something about the air and the way she thought about dancing.

Ballet is one form which I really want Indians to practice it.

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 always feel that the mark of a good ballet is that when you see it more than once, you get more out of it.

When I coach dancers, I always like to get on the dance floor with them or describe something by showing them.

My choreography is very classically based.

I am a trained classical dancer.

For 'Chicago,' the dancers need to demonstrate an affinity for the Fosse style. Sometimes dancers come in with brilliant technique, but if the Fosse style isn't easy for them, or it's awkward for them, they won't be right for this show.

I like dramatic ballets, particularly if they're ballets in which I have a chance to go from one extreme of style or characterization to another.

Every company has its style, and that's what makes the Bolshoi so impressive: their attack on jumps or their attack on choreography.

Ballet has a very small audience, unfortunately.