Adagio Quote by Carlo Blasis

The serious is the most difficult branch of dancing, it requires a close study, and cannot be duly appreciated but by connoisseurs and men…

— Carlo Blasis

It is this mission of the dancer to contribute to the betterment of all mankind.

— Ruth St. Denis

“Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“Our art is cynical and bad-ass and made by people who will not be happy until you join them in the church of "everything…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire

— August Bournonville

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.

— Martha Graham

A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won't…

— Martha Graham

Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.

— Alexander Pushkin

“The spiritual dance has no other purpose, no other aim than to elevate humankind beyond self thought, to joy, to bliss, to realization and…

— Murshid Samuel L. Lewis

All art emulates the condition of ritual. That is what it comes from and to that it must always return for nourishment.

— T. S. Eliot

The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing...…

— Doris Humphrey

Art lies in conceiving and designing, not in the actual execution' - this was left for lesser minds.

— Will Durant