Author Being Fitness Speaker. dancer It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is. - Deborah Bull
But you do have to start young as a dancer if you're going to achieve the physical skills necessary. - Deborah Bull
Diet People I always recommend a sensible diet, including lots of carbohydrates and avoiding too much fat. Dancers don't need different fuel from other people - they just need more of it because they use more energy. - Deborah Bull
Time I do take class because I still dance, and yes, I do slip into class with the Royal Ballet from time to time. - Deborah Bull
Parents I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training. - Deborah Bull
Ballet You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case. - Deborah Bull
Dancing Right It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine. - Deborah Bull
All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child. - Anna Quindlen
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. - Francis Bacon
The death of Pope John Paul II led many of different faiths and of no faith to acknowledge their debt to the Roman Catholic Church for holding on to absolutes that the rest of us can measure ourselves against. - Suzanne Fields