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
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
Animals cannot speak, but can you and I not speak for them and represent them? Let us all feel their silent cry… — Rukmini Devi Arundale Copy Share Image
All writers, musicians, artists, choreographers/dancers, etc., work with the stuff of their experiences. It's the translation of it, the conversion of it,… — Toni Cade Bambara Copy Share Image
Dance training can't be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great… — Alonzo King Copy Share Image
Movement should be approached like life - with enthusiasm, joy and gratitude - for movement is life, and life is movement, and… — Ron Fletcher Copy Share Image
In a musical, I believe that choreographers are under a great deal of pressure. There's not always the freedom to do what… — Arlene Phillips Copy Share Image
The choreographer cannot deliberately make a ballet to appeal to an audience, he has to start from personal inspirations. He has to… — Gerald Arpino Copy Share Image
We learnt a lot because we got in with real choreographers who tell you what they need from a song, because a… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
Why do I dance? Dance is my medicine. It’s the scream which eases for a while the terrible frustration common to all… — Pearl Primus Copy Share Image
I know a lot of choreographers prefer to do abstract dance and not be bothered with a story, but even when I'm… — Susan Stroman 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
“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
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
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
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
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