All Ballets’ fundamental steps are derived from the folk dances of Western Europe. — Ninette De Valois
And then you have the classical ballerinas, they’re like sopranos. Applied to the dance. — Ninette De Valois
There would never have been a british ballet without diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence. — Ninette De Valois
Hardly any generation wants to take the whole of the last generation, it just wants to take its best bits. — Ninette De Valois
As time goes on, all schools only get left alive if they have found something special themselves. — Ninette De Valois
Exactly the same with dancing, you can’t dance until you’ve learnt steps, the things your feet can do. — Ninette De Valois
First of all, the most important, that is to learn everything good that has survived from other times — Ninette De Valois
Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving – we had no proper food or anything – no proper shoes. — Ninette De Valois
And then you have the classical ballerinas, they’re like sopranos. Applied to the dance. — Ninette De Valois