“The cat crossed the street daintily, pointing his feet like a ballet dancer, lifting them high as if his feet were too good for the pavement.” IfsFeetStreetsCatDancerBalletPointingLiftingPavementBallet Dancer Author:Vera Caspary
“I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for "Six Feet Under", last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day.” TwoWholeLastsHoursNumbersClassPracticeFourWeekFeetSixBalletSequenceBallet ClassSix Feet Under Author:Michelle Trachtenberg
“I began dancing when I was 7 years old. I was told that I had the perfect ballet dancers 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.” YearsLittlesBodyPerfectLevelsFeetCrazyDancingBoringDancerBalletGymnasticsArchesBallet Dancer Author:Catherine Mary Stewart
“If you looked at my feet, you would know for sure that I used to do ballet. They're completely destroyed and ripped up.” IfsKnowsUsedFeetDestroyedBalletRipped Author:Nina Dobrev
“I've been trained in dancing and I used to be quite good, though I am a bit rusty right now. But I could probably brush up in a couple of months. The funny thing is that I actually took classes from Savion Glover, who worked in Happy Feet, when I was a kid. Isn't that wild? I was part of a selected group that was brought into New York from New Jersey (which is where I'm from) to study, every Saturday: ballet, jazz and tap. It was a musical comedy group.” KidsUsedBitsClassStudyComedyGroupsFeetNew YorkMonthsCoupleRight NowDancingJazzMusicalUsed To BeBalletSaturdayBrushesJerseyFunny ThingsSelectedNew JerseyHappy Feet Author:Brittany Murphy
“In order to dance professionally, you have to start at a young age. No matter what, your muscle structure and your bones have to be groomed from a very young age. Nobody wakes up at 17 and decides to become a ballet dancer. I'm saying that and someone's going to be born tomorrow who decides to do that and I'm going to have my foot in my mouth.” MatterAgeYoungOrderBornFeetTomorrowMouthsWake UpNo Matter WhatStructureBonesMusclesDancerBalletYoung AgeBallet Dancer Author:Joan Chen
“I've usually never felt comfortable shooting until things were kind of claustrophobic, but ballet dancers need a lot of space, so the sets that I designed had to be big. Normally, I'd design a kitchen that was half the size of a normal kitchen, just to make everything feel kind of womb-like, but the kitchen in a ballet would have to be like 100 feet wide and just as long.” NeedsFeelsKindLongBigsFeltSpaceHalfFeetDesignNormalComfortableSizeWideShootingKitchenDancerBalletWombBallet Dancer Author:Guy Maddin
“When I was playing college football, they would take the football team to a ballet school. We would learn to do tour jete's to prepare us when you are running in pursuit to tackle a ball carrier and you get hit, or somebody comes from another angle. This way you can spin away from the hit and your foot is out so you can go right into your run - basically, it pushed us toward the tackle. There's a good tweet: "Take ballet - it will push you towards the tackle."” WayRunningSchoolTeamFeetFootballCollegeBallsPursuitBalletAngleTweetFootball TeamCarrierCollege Football Author:Gary Busey
“The highest heels I do are six-inch heels - but mostly only dancers can wear them, since they are used to being on point in ballet shoes. Their feet are arched.” UsedFeetSixHighestShoesDancerBalletInchesHeelsBallet Shoes Author:Christian Louboutin