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
I loved being at the Royal Ballet. Those choreographers, MacMillan and Ashton, they knew how to translate complicated life into choreography. — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
The number of e-mails and letters that I get from choreographers, from sculptors, from composers who are being inspired by science is… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
Making dances is an act of progress; it is an act of growth, an act of music, an act of teaching, an… — Alvin Ailey Copy Share Image
I was chosen over British and French choreographers to work on 'Bombay Dreams.' — Farah Khan 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
A choreographic idea flows only as fast as the initiator can communicate it to bodies and see them realize it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
The person drawn to dance as profession is notoriously unintellectual. He thinks with his muscles, delights in expression with body, not words;… — Doris Humphrey Copy Share Image
It's kind of become a journey about the dancers, but dancers are the reason why this show is so successful. They are… — Artem Chigvintsev 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
I'm not interested in a group of people with some sort of incredible homogeny,a group that can do the movement I want.… — Graeme Murphy Copy Share Image
Some things need to be a song. Some things need to be a play. Some things need to be a painting. Some… — Andy Wilkinson Copy Share Image
No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction , a blessed… — Martha Graham 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
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
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
Michael Bennett, Tommy Tune and Agnes de Mille fought to be director-choreographers. They were just not going to do it any other… — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
Collaborations work when both or however many parties are the right people to be working together for whatever reason - whether it's… — John Parish Copy Share Image
For most of human history, we could only watch, like bystanders, the beautiful dance of Nature. But today, we are on the… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
The way Alvin Ailey has transformed modern dance and dance in general is the fact of variety. It's a cornucopia of ways… — Judith Jamison 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
When a dancer comes onstage, he is not just a blank slate that the choreographer has written on. Behind him he has… — Mikhail Baryshnikov 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
We dance to difference genres such as krumping, ballet and hip-hop, together with invited foreign choreographers who are well-known internationally. — Jennie Copy Share Image
Choreography is simpler than you think. Just go and do, and don't think so much about it. Just make something interesting. — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
I am just a choreographer, and I am trying to make productions, not dance concerts. — Lucinda Childs Copy Share Image
Mia Michaels is to my mind one of the most interesting choreographers alive right now and my colleague and my friend from… — Adam Shankman Copy Share Image
The one reason people don't take dance seriously is because a lot of choreographers don't take dance seriously. — Mark Morris Copy Share Image
Are you a stingy breather? Well, don't be. Be extravagant with you breathing and come fully alive. — Ron Fletcher Copy Share Image
I collaborated on most of my dance numbers, literally 50/50, with the choreographers I worked with. — Jessie Matthews Copy Share Image
“Back from 'Roam if she wants to'!" yelled Renee. She had that condition unique to choreographers and directors, where they can listen… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
The heads of the studios, like Louis B. Mayer, didn't want to create any more musical stars. So Bobby [Fosse] left and… — Debbie Reynolds Copy Share Image
I work as a dancer, but I also work as a choreographer with couples that have a lot of tension between them,… — Blanca Li Copy Share Image
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
One of the eternal mysteries of ballet is how untalented choreographers find backers for their work, and then find good dancers to… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I have maintained a low profile throughout my career but have always done things in my own unique way, be it dancing… — Mithun Chakraborty Copy Share Image
Failure: Is it a limitation? Bad timing? It's a lot of things. It's something you can't be afraid of, because you'll stop… — Debbie Allen 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
I've had a lot of fun writing percussion music. It feels quite similar to writing computer music. But I found myself in… — Paul Lansky Copy Share Image
![“Some things need to be a song. Some things need to be a play. Some things need to be a painting. Some things need to be-though I'd never be a choreographer-some things might ought to be a dance [laughs]. I've found that exploring an idea in different ways, it gives you different opportunities.” quote by Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/724/andy-wilkinson-41009_choreographers_some-things-need-to-be-a-song-some-thing_2684398.jpg)
![“The heads of the studios, like Louis B. Mayer, didn't want to create any more musical stars. So Bobby [Fosse] left and went to New York City to be a choreographer, and created brilliant work.” quote by Debbie Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bc/debbie-reynolds-1883_brilliant_the-heads-of-the-studios-like-louis-b-ma_2629399.png)
