“The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking.”
Isadora Duncan
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.”
Martha Graham
“I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine.”
Rita Rudner
“When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.”
Angelina Jolie
“I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.”
Elle Macpherson
“Men wearing pants so tight that you can tell what religion they are.”
Robin Williams
“Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.”
George Balanchine