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"However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet."
"I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet."
"I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner."
"And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet."
"I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted."
"I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another."
"There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence."
"When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire."
"I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine."
Explore more quotes by Deborah Bull
"As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are becoming less technically or physically able, younger dancers are emerging who need the space to perform."
"You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case."
"At the moment I'm enjoying a new challenge at the Royal Opera House, but I'm also keen to pursue my interest in television and particularly in science."
"I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck!"
"Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically."
"It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is."
"I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly not all tutus! So experience of other dance forms is a good idea."
"I've always believed that the facts about dancing are more interesting than the myths, and this was a great chance for me to explore how the human body does such incredible things."
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