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Toni Bentley

  • “A toe shoe is as eccentric as the ballerina who wears it: their marriage is a commitment.”

    • Toni Bentley,
    • "The Heart and Sole of a Ballerina's Art: Her Toe Shoes," in Smithsonian ()

  • “A brand-new pair of toe shoes presents itself to us as an enemy with a will of its own that must be tamed.”

    • Toni Bentley,
    • "The Heart and Sole of a Ballerina's Art: Her Toe Shoes," in Smithsonian ()

Toni Bentley, Australian-born English ballet dancer

(1958)