Unlike a lot of choreographers, I don't always start with the music. I often start with a visual artist, and then find… — Wayne McGregor Copy Share Image
I am sincerely trying now to create a dance technique based entirely upon corrective exercises, created with a knowledge of human anatomy;… — Lester Horton Copy Share Image
The real self of an artiste lies in art, so when an artiste performs, all the pain, trauma and tension get released… — Mrinalini Sarabhai Copy Share Image
The people that have inspired me the most were dancers and choreographers. — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
There are as many types of Butoh as there are Butoh choreographers. — Tatsumi Hijikata Copy Share Image
I was a choreographer in the '80s and I was doing these videos. I did an Extreme video, which was really weird… — Adam Shankman Copy Share Image
Solo dancing does not exist: the dancer dances with the floor: add another dancer and you have a quartet: each dance with… — Steve Paxton Copy Share Image
Stay hungry to become the best that you can be. Never be satisfied with the level of artistry you've attained. You can… — Mia Michaels Copy Share Image
When I miss class for one day, I know it. When I miss class for two days, my teacher knows it. When… — Rudolf Nureyev Copy Share Image
You are not a female or a male - you are a dancer. And when I started going into choreography I became… — Anne Fletcher Copy Share Image
Afro-Caribbean influences are in me as a creative being the same way Spanish influences were in Picasso's work. I think the notion… — Garth Fagan Copy Share Image
What makes people and companies and artistic directors and choreographers interested in working with dancers is the ability to kind of let… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in fame and glory. It's just that I would like others to know what a happy dance this is. — Frankie Manning Copy Share Image
Existence is movement. Action is movement. Existence is defined by the rhythm of forces in natural balance. (...) It is our appreciation… — Rudolf von Laban Copy Share Image
I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do. — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
As a dancer I had worked with really hard choreographers, Jerome Robbins being the toughest. And you learned what it is to… — Joan Tewkesbury Copy Share Image
I want to really stress this, I am a director, an actor, producer, action choreographer, and I'm also an investor. — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
A choreographer deals with the movement that you create, and with a creative director it's about the story, the stage, the lighting,… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
It's like a dance, to choreograph a fight is like a dance. It's very specific. You have to carefully plan it out.… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
Back in the Bruce Lee era, and in my era, Kung-Fu stirred up a kind of frenzy, and many people were learning… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
Just the pleasure of moving and the pleasure of using your body is, I think, maybe the main point. And the pleasure… — Steve Paxton Copy Share Image
A dancer should learn from all the arts. Go to museums and look at the paintings. See how they balance things. Everything… — Alicia Alonso Copy Share Image
A choreographic idea flows only as fast as the initiator can communicate it to bodies and see them realize it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
