Ballet is such a beautiful type of performance dance don't you agree?
Absolutely. And the athleticism involved in achieving that kind of effortlessness and grace is astounding. Do you have a favorite ballet?
I go see the Nutcracker in Philadelphia. The movements of ballet actually influence almost every other  type of dance. 
I can see that. On one of those dance shows like "So You Think You Can Dance", I saw a woman perform a gorgeous mash-up of ballet and hip-hop. As for the Nutcracker, the score alone is enough to transport me smack into the holidays!
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker ( / "Shchelkunchik, Balet-feyeriya" ) is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King".
Although the original production was not a success, the 20-minute suite that Tchaikovsky extracted from the ballet was. However, the complete "Nutcracker" has enjoyed enormous popularity since the late 1960s and
to play on a Rolling Stones record!' I said, 'Yes he is going to want to.' And he did and he was wonderful. I said, 'Would you like me to stay out there in the studio?' He said, 'Yeah, you tell me where you want me to play and DANCE the part out.' So I did that. And that's very important: communication in hand, dance, whatever. You don't have to do a whole ballet, but sometimes