The one good thing about dance is that if you are truly yourself, then it's all good. — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
I would not correct dancers if I was performing, because I don't believe in performers correcting other performers. — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
I like to stretch myself, and playing a dance-hall hostess is quite a stretch, but I feel comfortable with it. — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
I always had my feet in two places when I was doing amateur dance in Seattle. — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
Show dancing stood very well on its own a long time ago with dancers like Bill Robinson and Marilyn Miller. — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
It's hard to dance after a certain age. All those athletic things - like looking up at my kneecaps - they're just… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
Chorus Line' opened things up a bit. Any show that's successful does that. But 'Chorus Line' was about dancers. — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
Dance is such a wonderful, universal expression, even if the bugle beads are wrong. — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
Every step is basically a word, especially with musical theatre, because you're not doing it for dance's sake, you're promoting a story… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
For 'Chicago,' the dancers need to demonstrate an affinity for the Fosse style. Sometimes dancers come in with brilliant technique, but if… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
Dancing is the personification of music, and music is an abstract expression of the human spirit. But still it's the act of… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
You have to have tunnel vision as a dancer to get to where you're going. But once you get there, you have… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
I announced at the dinner table when I was 11 that I wanted to be a ballet dancer. But my goal changed… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
Sometimes I gave conflicting emotions because it's been going on for so long now, but then I see somebody dancing real well… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
I love doing concert choreography because everything is about your vision, come heck or high water. Of course, you also take the… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
In theatre or in ballet, the ballerina always passes on what they know. It's a hands-on craft. You can't really learn the… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
I learn from teaching. Having to break things down and explain them makes me a better dancer. — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
Acting, like wine, gets better as time goes on. Singing gets better after a certain age. The dancer peaks at 35 or 40. — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
It's all cyclical. Sometimes things just come in packs. At one point you had this collection of great choreographers where you would… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
All great directors - however, they do it - make you want to be good. I hope I do it. It's like being a… — Ann Reinking Copy Share
You get to a certain point in your life and you think you can do it all. And then you do do it all,… — Ann Reinking Copy Share
Something can be said for quitting for a little while. You can get completely drained as a performer and creator. You have to fill… — Ann Reinking Copy Share
It's hard to dance after a certain age. All those athletic things - like looking up at my kneecaps - they're just not there… — Ann Reinking Copy Share
Working with people who have a lot of heart is just the best. You can hire it, but you cannot teach it. It's either… — Ann Reinking Copy Share
When you're a teenager, you don't want to look different. So being very tall can set you apart, not being able to see very… — Ann Reinking Copy Share
Ingenue parts are plentiful. And once you get old, they'll start hiring you again for character parts. But the middle years are tough. — Ann Reinking Copy Share
Every step is basically a word, especially with musical theatre, because you're not doing it for dance's sake, you're promoting a story - and,… — Ann Reinking Copy Share
