Dance Quotes · Page 190

Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.

— Chita Rivera

I think dancing is one of the best things anyone can do for themselves. And it doesn't cost anything.

— Frankie Knuckles

I'd rather be a guy that can build a house or fix a car than be able to walk like a ballet…

— Travis Fimmel

Maybe in another life I would have liked to have been a dancer. But I was a cheeky chappy who wanted to…

— Kelvin Fletcher

The only time I've ever danced every day was during 'Dancing with the Stars' and in the two-week rehearsal for 'Dirty Dancing,'…

— Jennifer Grey

I never really thought about pursuing singing because my whole life was about dance and singing just kind of came with it.

— Kaitlyn Bristowe

I tell you, the arts - and especially ballet - the discipline is extraordinary. I was extremely impressed.

— Dwayne Johnson

Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world. [Fr., Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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

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

— Mike Wells

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

The dance, just as the performance of the actor, is kinesthetic art, art of the muscle sense. The awareness of tension and…

— Rudolf Arnheim

I joined the Royal Ballet School when I was 13. Before then, I'd done ballet twice a week after school. The rest…

— Darcey Bussell

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

To me, writing is much freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didn't have to do…

— Lorrie Moore

For me dancing is not just moving your arms and legs but basically it's a very spiritual experience. It's part of me…

— Anonymous

“To dance is to reach for a word that doesn't exist, To sing the heartsong of a thousand generations, To feel the…

— Beth Moore Jones

For me, choreography is a process of physical thinking. It's very much in mind as well as in body.

— Wayne McGregor

Dance was always part of my life because I was a dancer and my mother was a dancer, and I love the…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the…

— Marcus Aurelius

Dreams are a sweet mistake All dreamers must awake On, then, with the dance No backward glance Or my heart will break…

— Stephen Sondheim

Time crawls on when you're waiting for the song to start so dance along to the beat of your heart - The…

— Anonymous

The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures, but radically altered in tone and intensity.

— Robert Gottlieb

“Of course I don't faint at the sight of blood. I jump onto the dance floor and do the Soulja Boy. Get…

— Jennifer Echols

The best thing you can say about Hubbard Street is that if you were a dancer, this is a company you'd fight…

— Robert Gottlieb

You're a dancer; don't strain, don't force it. Be one with the hurdle, let it happen, relax while running fast.

— Renaldo Nehemiah

If I could say what my dream role to dance was that I didn't get to do, if I had to choose…

— Amanda Schull

I wanted to be a ballerina as a child - I had a tutu, and I used to stage my own ballets…

— Lucy Hawking

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.

— Rabindranath Tagore

When all the other kids were playing sports after school, I wanted to sing and dance and act.

— Ian Ziering

I love going to see the theatre whether it's a Broadway play or a Russian ballet company.

— Michael Ealy

I was always drawn to the more physical style of dancing. That is why I breakdance. I love the challenge. The adrenaline…

— Lana

When I saw the final 'Lemonade' video, it was fun to see my name on the credits for choreography.

— Michaela DePrince

Unless you enjoy life passionately, you cannot be a good artiste. Practise what you like, be it sports or dancing.

— Sarita Choudhury

Conflict can be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither side loses and a new dance is created.

— Thomas Crum

The connection between conscious and unconscious poses particular problems in the dancer because the body is the soul of action.

— Marion Woodman

Why is it assumed that if I dance around wearing skimpy costumes, I cannot properly worship my Jesus? I am a born…

— Rakhi Sawant

Dance in your dream. Go out into the street and hug everyone you meet. Tell them how beautiful they are. Dance together.

— Yoko Ono