"There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence."

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"There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence."

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"Classical ballet will never die."

Ninette de Valois, Irish Dancer

Ballet, Will

"I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition."

Sarah Sutton, British Actress

Ballet, School, Years

"I am both proud and honored to be on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ballet Theater."

Janine Turner, American Actress

Ballet, Theater

"I wanted to be a ballet teacher."

Jaclyn Smith, American Actress

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"The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible."

Suzanne Farrell, American Dancer

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"In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child."

Suzanne Farrell, American Dancer

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"I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft."

Janice Dickinson, American Model

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

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

Ballet, Study

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

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

Ballet,

"However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet."

John Guare, American Playwright

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"As time goes on, all schools only get left alive if they have found something special themselves."

Time

"So it takes years to make a solid company."

Company

"All the children in the school should learn the steps of everything, before they learn the thing, then they know which step they're doing better, because your voice is in certain steps and has to do most of the things that have been composed in those steps."

Children

"God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our different countries we divided them all a little differently as we feel it, do you understand?"

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"And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance."

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"Classical ballet will never die."

"I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition."

"I am both proud and honored to be on the Board of Directors for the Texas Ballet Theater."

"I wanted to be a ballet teacher."

"The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible."

"In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child."

"I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft."

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

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

"However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet."

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"Exactly the same with dancing, you can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do."

"Classical ballet will never die."

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"Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours."

"You can't stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can't stop it, you shouldn't, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone."

"As time goes on, all schools only get left alive if they have found something special themselves."

"So it takes years to make a solid company."

"All the children in the school should learn the steps of everything, before they learn the thing, then they know which step they're doing better, because your voice is in certain steps and has to do most of the things that have been composed in those steps."

"God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our different countries we divided them all a little differently as we feel it, do you understand?"

"And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance."