“She dedicated her entire life to mastering the art of ballet, captivating audiences with her precise choreography and graceful toe dancing.”

“Apparently Jennie was a promising ballerina and pianist until she became possessed by Beatle mania.”

“She was a Romantic ballerina of fugitive lightness, with a delicacy as much like steel as late.”

“If she were a ballerina dancing on pointe, she'd add a whole foot to her height.”

“Washington is a town where balletomania is more diluted than in other national capitals like Paris, London, Moscow and Copenhagen.”

“Perversely, the Trocks, who always have one foot in genuine balletomania, are ahead of the curve when it comes to historic revivals.”

“She introduced ballet to remote crevices of the world and inspired balletomania thousands of miles from her native Russia.”

“There is nothing to ruffle the tutus of any local balletomane in this year's Royal New Zealand Ballet's Tutus on Tour programme.”

“What does a well-bred balletomane do in a strange town over Christmas?”

“At the time, the magazine's art director was Alexey Brodovitch, a dedicated romantic, a balletomane, and himself a dabbler in fanciful, poetically misty photography.”

“The influential balletomanes associated with the Russian companies were limited and conservative in the extreme in their attitude to music.”

“It may not be filling the House but it's certainly fuelling the balletomanes!”

“A group of St Petersburg balletomanes are said to have celebrated their devotion to Taglioni's art by cooking and eating a pair of her shoes.”

“I began watching the company in the fifties, when a quintet of highly individual ballerinas reigned over the female roster.”

“Ballet dancers, little ballerinas, women in intimate situations and horse races are the subjects that are immediately associated with him.”

“The week saw some technical ballerinas, brilliant ballroom dancers, wacky contortionists and slow krumpers.”

“Both the other ballets were two-piano scores, played on stage and lit so that only the pianists' profiles were visible.”

“Some of the ballets were designed to be danced in the round, and that is incredible training for a dancer.”

“You rehearse the works for so long that you can explore the nuances and feel really at home in those ballets.”