Dancer Quotes · Page 19

Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.

— Leslie Caron

The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion.

— Merce Cunningham

My kids have become wonderful dancers themselves and enjoy teaching just as much as I do.

— Bobby Burgess

We are a very typical Spanish family - a bullfighter, an actress, a flamenco dancer and singer!

— Paz Vega

I don't think of myself as a dancer. I think of myself as a singer-actress who moves really well.

— Sutton Foster

My songs aren't bubble gum pop dance songs and I don't have background dancers on every single song.

— Avril Lavigne

I will never be the best dancer or artist. I will be growing until the day I retire.

— Misty Copeland

Aside from singing, I'm also a dancer. I've been dancing since I was 8.

— Billie Eilish

What makes people and companies and artistic directors and choreographers interested in working with dancers is the ability to kind of let…

— Misty Copeland

My parents met in the theatre, and I thought that was so romantic. My dad was a scenic designer and my mom…

— Skye McCole Bartusiak

The choreographer and the dancer must remember that they reach the audience through the eye. It's the illusion created which convinces the…

— George Balanchine

Maybe its a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to…

— Judith Jamison

Each time a dancer moves devoutly or a composer faithfully searches the silence for the veiled melodies, eternity is engaged.

— Maya Angelou

So I forcibly shove aside my prickles of pissed-off, which is easier than it sounds when millions of little sequined caffeine dancers…

— Deb Caletti

I don't mind being a bad dancer. I don't mind people laughing at me because I'm a comical dancer or a bad…

— Chris McCausland

Not in my wildest dreams did I think it would ever become a job. I'm forever grateful for it happening. Although it…

— Bez

Artists use frauds to make human beings seem more wonderful than they really are. Dancers show us human beings who move much…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror. Where I used…

— Vera Wang

I've been acting my whole life. I have this huge imagination! I'm a dancer and my mom's a dance teacher, and I…

— Natasha Calis

The level of musicianship in New York is the highest in the world. It's tough to get into. You start gigging making…

— Jose James

There's no thinking involved in my choreography... I don't work through images or ideas. I work through the body... If the dancer…

— Merce Cunningham

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body. I don't leap and jump anymore.…

— Martha Graham

I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again…

— Carol Burnett

I was always nervous about coming back to Australia which was a complete hangover of the days when I left when ballet…

— Robert Helpmann

To handle paint the way Pollock did, you need the muscularity of a ballet dancer.

— Pat Steir

I love doing it and I am very proud to call myself a dancer.

— Shakti Mohan

I am a great dancer! I've been dancing since I was four years old.

— Roselyn Sanchez

What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves.

— Karen Kain

When you are a dancer your body speaks, my body can express itself.

— Shakti Mohan

“She who is a dancer can only sway the silk of her hair like the summer breeze.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

I've grown up disciplined all my life as a dancer, so I know how to eat and work out.

— Erika Jayne

“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

When you're a dancer who is injured, you are at the bottom of the food chain. We are so replaceable.

— Bebe Neuwirth

Dance for yourself. If someone understands, good. If not, no matter.

— Louis Horst

But you do have to start young as a dancer if you're going to achieve the physical skills necessary.

— Deborah Bull

I always thought I was going to be a professional dancer.

— Esther Povitsky

I didn't want people to think I'm a dancer. I'm much more. I'm a human being.

— Sergei Polunin

you...are...a...frige...with...wings...we...are...freaking...ballet...dancers!

— James Patterson

Now, 'Dasher!' now, 'Dancer!' now, 'Prancer' and 'Vixen!' On, 'Comet!' on, 'Cupid!' on, 'Donner' and 'Blitzen!'

— Clement Clarke Moore

Apart from being a trained dancer, I love exploring new styles of dancing.

— Koena Mitra