Ninette de Valois Quotes & Sayings

“It's either not good enough and dies altogether, or it develops.”

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

“Classical ballet will never die.”

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

“Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours.”

“Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.”

“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.”

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

“There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad, and indifferent.”

“Well, I mean, we are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the lower parts will be developed, and the upper part and the lower part will become partners, that will be wonderful.”