Hi Sophie,
Welcome to WP. I'm sure you will find friends and like-minded people on this great site.
I enjoy ballet only as it relates to music and composers -- Stravinsky's Petroushka, Copland's Appalachian Spring, Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon, Ravel's Daphnis, etc. I love poetry too -- Shakespeare, Donne, Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson.
I tend to favor literature that emphasizes the personal and the imaginative -- Nietzsche, Proust, Rousseau, Kafka. Writers in their own little world (like me). Obviously, I am not a big fan of realism, although I cannot help but admire and enjoy Dickens and Tolstoy. I would be more than happy to discuss art and literature with you. Cheers.