Dancers are a great breed of people. And they really want to dance so you don't have to beg them to work.… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
“So, as she walked down the stairs into the club, she was looking forward to a seething, teeming, wriggling, wiggling throng of… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
My brother had a house in Paris. To it came many Western classical musicians. These musicians all made the same point: 'Indian… — Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
When World of Dance came around, what I really liked about it was it's from dancers for dancers. For me growing up… — Jenna Dewan Copy Share Image
I say over and over again that I am just standing on the shoulders of so many who have set this path… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
At the ballet classes I took when I first came to New York, I would see great dancers like Cynthia Gregory and… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
I don't like teaching, because it's so repetitive - especially the beginning of class, which is always more or less the same… — Merce Cunningham Copy Share Image
I would advise dancers, musicians and others in the entertainment industry to take up yoga, as it clears the mind and creates… — Emmanuel Jal Copy Share Image
So many people report to be contemporary dancers, and they're not. They are sort of jazz dancers that feel like they're throwing… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
The 'All My Children' studio was near Lincoln Center, and I used to see all the ballerinas and the dancers, and I… — Susan Lucci Copy Share Image
When I graduated from high school, I made the decision to pursue my dance training in London, England. I was so scared… — Catherine Mary Stewart Copy Share Image
... in general, the Anglo-Irish do not make good dancers; they are too spritely and conscious; they are incapable of one kind… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
“I skipped between the dancers, twirling my skirts. The seated, masked musicians didn’t look up at me as I leaped before them,… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
“They had taken to the movement unlike anything he had ever seen, and he thought that should this venture of the Jews… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Collaborative workshops and writers' peer groups hadn't been invented when I was young. They're a wonderful invention. They put the writer into… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Dancing is such a despised and dishonored trade that if you tell a doctor or a laywer you do choreography he'll look… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
I had no idea what I was walking into, and the years and years of hard work it would take. I felt… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Hamp would ask me about tempos in the band: 'Jacquet,' he'd say, 'knock off that tempo.' A lot of jazz musicians didn't… — Illinois Jacquet 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
I started salsa dancing with a few different companies and started touring the country. It was fantastic, but I realized that I… — Gina Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Fifth positions, heads, musicality, energy. Not technical things so much-getting your leg higher or doing more turns but things that would set… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
I would definitely want kids. Would they be dancers? I dunno. That's up to them. If they show interest, I will push… — Maksim Chmerkovskiy Copy Share Image
From 1961 to 1964, I was fortunate enough to work at a think tank in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago. As a… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
“Music is heard in the background. As the movemnt becomes sharper; the many dancers acting but as one. She is one with… — Lisa C. Miller Copy Share Image
“Nursing a bottle from a half-floor above, Johnny Jukes stared at her and knew. She was all edges. She stood erect on… — Michael Blumlein Copy Share Image
My wife Juliana and I first saw Eurovision while on our honeymoon in Greece in 2006, and we were amazed by it.… — Seamus Dever Copy Share Image
In Degas's compositions with several dancers, their steps, postures and gestures often resemble the almost geometric, formal letters of an alphabet, whereas… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I went to a public high school and most of the comedy was coming from the black kids and the Asian kids… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
“Those intellectuals are our natural enemies; the only kind who are worth anything are the musicians and the dancers: they don’t insult… — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been… — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
There's no agents or managers to represent them. Dancers don't have any voice. They have nothing. Nobody can afford a flat to… — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
“Dancers churned around them like storm tossed flowers, their heads held to either side as they whirled with abandonment. “Look at them,”… — Kelly Creagh Copy Share Image
