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title: "1 Thing Dance Quotes By Katherine Dunham"
description: "1 Thing Dance quotes by Katherine Dunham. Plus more from Katherine Dunham and more Thing Dance sayings from other authors."
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> [There is an energy within... pure strength... the energy of the person which is put in different forms, in different shapes... once we discover that energy I think that such a thing as dance becomes such a delight because you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/there-is-an-energy-within-pure-strength-the-energy-of-the-person/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56f/katherine-dunham-18609_dance_there-is-an-energy-within-pure-strength_2582381.jpg)

## More by Katherine Dunham

> [If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/if-you-dance-you-dance-because-you-have-to-every-dancer-hurts-you-know/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/the-older-i-grow-the-more-i-see-the-influence-of-my-family-on-my-life/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [You know, this isn't theatre like it used to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/you-know-this-isn-t-theatre-like-it-used-to-be/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/i-really-think-that-aside-from-admiring-my-talent-you-really-admire/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [We had maybe the greatest success of any company that I know of in Paris, and after two or three years I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/we-had-maybe-the-greatest-success-of-any-company-that-i-know-of-in/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [Aside from a few master teachers that we have had over the years, this has been a completely local talent development. But people have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/aside-from-a-few-master-teachers-that-we-have-had-over-the-years-this/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/we-don-t-intend-to-always-keep-this-necessarily-african-oriented/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [You dance because you have to. Dance is an essential part of life that has always been with me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/you-dance-because-you-have-to-dance-is-an-essential-part-of-life-that/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [I have actually five honorary degrees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/i-have-actually-five-honorary-degrees/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [When you have faith in something, it’s your reason to be alive and to fight for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/when-you-have-faith-in-something-it-s-your-reason-to-be-alive-and-to/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [We have a group of friends of the museum who try to raise, if they can, periodically something to help us. Of course, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/we-have-a-group-of-friends-of-the-museum-who-try-to-raise-if-they-can/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [I had certain physical limitations that made me change the choreography for myself or made me more interested in choreography only rather than dancing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/i-had-certain-physical-limitations-that-made-me-change-the/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [For the kind of thing that we were showing, the budget was sufficient. As we were speaking of in Haiti, we had not done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/for-the-kind-of-thing-that-we-were-showing-the-budget-was-sufficient/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [I don't think Ed Sullivan had anything to do with Carib Song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/i-don-t-think-ed-sullivan-had-anything-to-do-with-carib-song/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

> [We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-dunham/we-weren-t-pushing-black-is-beautiful-we-just-showed-it/)

[Katherine Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-dunham/)

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