Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers…

There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence

— Ninette de Valois

To see the clothes in movement like that, to create for dancers, is special.

— Isabel Toledo

I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them.

— Graeme Murphy

I don't date dancers, but I've always wanted to teach guys how to dance.

— Briana Evigan

Actors are born, good actors are trained. Dancers are born, good dancers are trained.

— Mithun Chakraborty

Step Up doesn't have to hide anything. These are actually moves that people do. It just so happens that dancers are superheroes. People think…

— Stephen Boss

I disagree with the idea that modern dancers are cold or unemotional.

— Lucinda Childs

When I left the theater… I was thinking that I’d seen a classic of American dance. It confers a mythic dimension on ordinary aspects…

— Arlene Croce

The people that have inspired me the most were dancers and choreographers.

— Jillian Hervey

I don't try to tell the dancers exactly what a dance means before they do it.

— Martha Graham

I have all these opinions about the dancers but they should be kept to myself. No one consults me. I keep asking to be…

— Daryl Morey

As a dancer, you really try to stay true to whatever the choreographer/artistic director is giving you. So, now the shoe is on the…

— Judith Jamison

There were ten dancers - four guys and six girls - including me, on the Beyonce tour. Sometimes we would go out with her,…

— Heather Morris

Dancers, like all performing artists, like nothing better than to be challenged.

— Karen Kain

Someone is dead. Even the trees know it, those poor old dancers who come on lewdly, all pea-green scarfs and spine pole.

— Anne Sexton