Ann Reinking

Bob's work gleaned from hoofing, from vaudeville, from ballet.

— Ann Reinking

It's a good idea to have your career intact and then have children.

— Ann Reinking

When you get too much, too quickly, too easily, you don't learn to fight.

— Ann Reinking

The reason why I believe faith is important for a person is that it teaches you to trust.

— Ann Reinking

I think if you push to get to know somebody, it's not a natural evolution.

— Ann Reinking

If you can't trust, it's harder to love and if you can't love it's harder to be happy.

— Ann Reinking

Bob taught me extraordinary discipline and love.

— Ann Reinking

I teach jazz dancing and I can be a guest teacher whenever I want.

— Ann Reinking

Show dancing stood very well on its own a long time ago with dancers like Bill Robinson and Marilyn Miller.

— Ann Reinking

It's hard to dance after a certain age. All those athletic things - like looking up at my kneecaps - they're just…

— Ann Reinking

When you're a teenager, you don't want to look different. So being very tall can set you apart, not being able to…

— Ann Reinking

People forget that the same man who did 'Star 80' and 'All that Jazz' also did 'Pardon Me Miss But I've Never…

— Ann Reinking

I would not correct dancers if I was performing, because I don't believe in performers correcting other performers.

— Ann Reinking

Once Bob commits to something, it's almost like a child. He doesn't want anybody else to take care of it, even if…

— Ann Reinking

There's a lot of heart to Bob's work that doesn't always get recognized because of all of the sensuality, dark statements and…

— Ann Reinking

Mr Fosse was obviously influenced by Brecht and Weill, as well as Bergman and Fellini, and you could see the influence of…

— Ann Reinking

In theatre or in ballet, the ballerina always passes on what they know. It's a hands-on craft. You can't really learn the…

— Ann Reinking

Fosse would say that it's important to trust silence. He very much liked the use of the tacit, or silent, count, where…

— Ann Reinking

I'd announced when I was 13 that I wanted to go to New York instead of college - that was quite a…

— Ann Reinking

In sixth grade my teacher said that we had to do a talent show. You could sing or recite a poem... I…

— Ann Reinking

I love doing concert choreography because everything is about your vision, come heck or high water. Of course, you also take the…

— Ann Reinking

The whole gist of 'All That Jazz' is Faustian. It's about a man who sells his soul to show business - which…

— Ann Reinking

I announced at the dinner table when I was 11 that I wanted to be a ballet dancer. But my goal changed…

— Ann Reinking

The guest artists pass on not only their experiences but also the pitfalls.

— Ann Reinking

Often when you have less to work with, you do more.

— Ann Reinking

Dance is such a wonderful, universal expression, even if the bugle beads are wrong.

— Ann Reinking

I'm used to things not coming in the packages you expect.

— Ann Reinking

The human spirit is the greatest thing on earth.

— Ann Reinking

I learn from teaching. Having to break things down and explain them makes me a better dancer.

— Ann Reinking

I came to New York with $500. That was a lot of money because my allowance was 50 cents.

— Ann Reinking

You know, theater is either heaven or hell. There's no middle.

— Ann Reinking

Once a star... No matter what, there's something there, they give you something that's special.

— Ann Reinking

Creativity is not a mysterious thing, it's a historical thing.

— Ann Reinking

I think it's hard to live without some sort of faith.

— Ann Reinking

I think of myself, basically, as a very practical person in black bugle beads.

— Ann Reinking

I like to stretch myself, and playing a dance-hall hostess is quite a stretch, but I feel comfortable with it.

— Ann Reinking

When I did 'Goodtime Charley' that helped a great deal, but 'Dancin' was such a huge hit. It catapulted me in to…

— Ann Reinking

'Dancin' was exceptionally significant. I was in an original Broadway show and nominated for a Tony.

— Ann Reinking

Broadway is so defeating for the most part that it doesn't encourage people to be as tenacious as they should be.

— Ann Reinking

One of the things that made Bob so unique and wonderful is that he had a genuine style, like Balanchine, like de…

— Ann Reinking