Dancers Quotes · Page 2

I always want to have more dancers in my company.

— Alvin Ailey

Always the question for dancers is: Can we fly?

— Jean-Christophe Maillot

Dancers are the messengers of the gods.

— Martha Graham

Usually I perform with dancers.

— Grimes

“Dance was her style, dance was her fashion.”

— Amit Kalantri

Most dancers are very quiet.

— Cyd Charisse

I really have a new-found respect for dancers.

— Ricky Whittle

Dancers are the athletes of God.

— Albert Einstein

Actors are born, good actors are trained. Dancers are born, good dancers are trained.

— Mithun Chakraborty

You should have go-go dancers and happenings. And that would be so cool.

— Abe Vigoda

Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion.

— Agnes de Mille

As a dancer I feel fulfilled and would want all dancers to be proud of themselves.

— Shakti Mohan

I used to rely too much on arrangements and production, things like dancers and explosions.

— Thalia

I don't try to tell the dancers exactly what a dance means before they do it.

— Martha Graham

“We would all be better off dead, useless eaters of the lotus that we are.”

— Michael Moorcock

“Dancing is creating a sculpture that is visible only for a moment.”

— Erol Ozan

I realize that dancers have worked long and hard for standards. However, on occasion, I think that it's good to examine one's…

— Twyla Tharp

I want to create a platform where dancers can be creative away from their day jobs. I want them to be able…

— Sergei Polunin

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From…

— Agnes de Mille

Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.

— Alvin Ailey

The great thing about being the son of Maya Angelou is that I had the good fortune to grow up around some…

— Guy Johnson

For the 'Heaven' stage, the dancers and I don't use wires so we are slowly slipping down the stage if you see…

— Lee Tae-min

Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained..

— Fred Astaire

“Talent & Skills are useless & won’t get you anywhere, without lot of practice, commitment & prioritization”

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

What keeps me motivated is that I'm going to do a bunch of projects with dancers, and the people who compel me…

— Jon M. Chu

Tap dancers find it very difficult to do anything other than tap if that is all they have been trained in because,…

— Nigel Lythgoe

Those 25 dancers we worked with for a day, in as highly productive a way as possible - a long class, a…

— Siobhan Davies

With dancers, we are all the time dancing with somebody else. It happens often that you meet a new dancer or you…

— Blanca Li

I think it would be fair to say that most female dancers have dealt with, whether it's an extreme, or minor complex…

— Amanda Schull

After all these years of saying the same thing about the Alvin Ailey company - terrific dancers, awful repertory - I'm finally…

— Robert Gottlieb

“The other dancers were embarrassed themselves, which meant that they weren't actually embarrassing; they weren't doing much more than tapping their feet,…

— Nick Hornby

There's something refreshing about going to work with a different group of dancers. There are different ways of moving, different ways in…

— Justin Peck

The defect in wisdom and taste which exists among the majority of dancers is due to the bad education which they generally…

— Jean-Georges Noverre

My dancers are the real stars.

— Michael Flatley

I dance with the dancers.

— Walt Whitman

Dancers aren't pompous; they're too tired.

— Jose Limon

Dancers are made, not born.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

A person can be danced. In all continents the dancers carry little children on their shoulders.

— Curt Sachs

My choreography suits men very well, and the women who can do it are damn hard, strong dancers.

— Paula Abdul

I know that dancers, especially ballet dancers, can't do it forever.

— Kelli Berglund