Dance Quotes · Page 169

And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.

— Ninette de Valois

I've done a lot of dance sequences because I like them; I like to animate dancing because it's fun and visual.

— Genndy Tartakovsky

I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.

— Arthur Rimbaud

I want Prince to see something I do and call me and ask me to be on an album or if I…

— Nadine Velazquez

When I was young, my mom realized I could dance and hold a beat, and I really danced just for fun. It…

— Tom Holland

I've always been a figure skater and ballet dancer. I love physical comedy, and any chance that I get to do that...…

— Allison Janney

“Quigley (to Duane): My business is not your business, whether you ask after it in Tainish or interpretive dance.”

— Ashley Cope

“Please, please don't ever forget to release your magic, the unity, the music into your homes, into the cars, and into the…

— Nothing Sexier Than Freedom Helen Edwards

Ballet in September used to be dead as a dodo. Now, with City Ballet's ingenious decision to give us four weeks of…

— Robert Gottlieb

Dance," said the Sheep Man. "Yougottadance. Aslongasthemusicplays. Yougotta dance. Don'teventhinkwhy. Starttothink, yourfeetstop. Yourfeetstop, wegetstuck. Wegetstuck, you'restuck. Sodon'tpayanymind, nomatterhowdumb. Yougottakeepthestep. Yougottalimberup. Yougottaloosenwhatyoubolteddown. Yougottauseallyougot.…

— Haruki Murakami

I'm extremely excited about returning to my alma mater, working with my amazing professors and being part of Muhlenberg Theatre & Dance…

— Frankie Grande

“Now we will begin the dance. Remember, child, this is not the iron dance of Westeros we are learning, the knight's dance,…

— George R.R. Martin

Ballet is a healthy world despite what people might think. There's a perception that ballet dancers are skinny and unhealthy, but that's…

— Darcey Bussell

“Kaito lurched forward, his opponent grabbing him an instant later, and both of them spun around the ring like two clumsy, obese…

— Mike Wells

“Without realizing what she was doing and more on an impulse than anything else, she leaned forward and kissed him. It was…

— Robert Fanney

Modern physics had shown that the rhythm of creation and destruction is not only manifest in the turn of the seasons and…

— Fritjof Capra

Dancers are trained to be disciplined to do what they are told, but I knew that time goes by, and I didn't…

— Sylvie Guillem

I had you once, we were free i had you once, we danced i had you once, on sunny days i had…

— Pb

Most dancers have no awareness of how they look; half of them think they're fat. There is anorexia in the ballet world;…

— Benjamin Millepied

There's no dancing girls. We're kinda like secondary to the thing. It's a story about these two guys that are in love…

— Eric Carr

For some, it was easier to take the leap from the leafless tree and dance on nothing until dancing was done.

— Neil Gaiman

People strangely revere dance. They see it as another world, and dancers are somehow mysterious - just because they don't speak.

— Matthew Bourne

I was in the choreography committee of my college, and we used to have an annual production and participate in inter-school competitions.

— Sanya Malhotra

Directing is very close to choreography; you deal with space, time, emotions, lighting, making beautiful images.

— Benjamin Millepied

I love rhythmic dancing - I'm not derogating it at all. It's just that sometimes you want to whisper, "I adore you."…

— Gene Kelly

I have always followed my passion to dance religiously. And that keeps me agile and youthful at heart.

— Hema Malini

As a dancer I've always checked my body constantly; 'Am I having a good day or am I having a fat day?'

— Bonnie Langford

I kept writing all these ballads; they're me speaking about life. But how am I gonna do the live show I wanna…

— Laura Bell Bundy

I like writing melody without an instrument. It's just so - it's more like the choreography of a bee; you just go.

— Tom Waits

The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.

— George Balanchine

It has been ten years since I stepped into the industry and I have done a lot of song and dance and…

— Shamna Kasim

I think what really clicked for me was when I started booking commercials as a dancer... just being on set and seeing…

— Bree Turner

I wanted to act, dance and perform more than anything, and I wanted to do it for the rest of my life.

— Rachele Brooke Smith

I find that with dance - and with the arts in general - because I want to grow in my performance, I…

— Alyson Stoner

I knew that my career in dance would come to an end at some point, and transitioning into a career in fitness…

— Anna Kaiser

I was a dancer until I was 19. I never had to worry about working out or what I ate. So I've…

— Christina Hendricks

I loved 'Funny Lady' for whatever reason. People say they didn't know I could sing and dance. Well, nobody ever asks me…

— James Caan

There is something about dancing that just makes me feel alive, and it's an amazing workout.

— Denise Bidot

I'm lucky enough to be one of them music makers who can do a dance festie or a rock festie.

— Ian Brown

They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it.

— Dizzy Gillespie