Words matter. These are the best Patricia McBride Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
When I hung up my toe shoes, I didn’t look back. In all my years, I have never looked back.
I danced with Jacques d’Amboise. At that time, he was the tallest man in the company. So it was a different kind of choreography. It was lyrical.
Most ballets are more interesting than most men.
Conrad Ludlow was an extraordinary partner… We just called him the greatest partner because he just knew what a woman’s balance was.
I used to say I didn’t want to teach. I was still excited about dancing. It’s hard to do both. It’s as exhausting teaching as it is to dance.
I am just so thankful that my mom was a fantastic mom. She wasn’t a stage mother; she didn’t push me. She was happy if I was happy. We are so different. I was very shy; my mom did all the talking. She was my strength. She never expected that I would be this ballerina.
I always had an inferiority complex, like I wasn’t good enough. I was shy. But dancing gave me so much joy, and I was good at it. I felt like a whole person because I could dance.
The ballets you do make you into the final product you are. And I had extraordinary partners.
It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I’m not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
Breathe through your movements.
My daughter arrived when I was five months pregnant with my son. We adopted Melanie from Korea; she was 2 years old, almost 3. I always wanted to have a family. I had a good example because Melissa Hayden was a ballerina in our company, and she had two children and danced afterward, and Allegra Kent also did.
In the beginning, he taught you how to hold your fingers, use your head, hold your shoulders, how you glissade, bourre – the exact way he wanted you to do the steps. It was relearning the whole Balanchine technique.
In Europe, a great dancer might be on the same level as a movie star. In America, not so.
It was extraordinary ’cause I was 17 years old when I first danced with Edward Villella. And we were both young. But I had seen him dance, and he was already a star. So he was just so gentle and wonderful and kind, and we had a great rapport together. He was one of the most exciting dancers of our day.
When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work ’cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.
