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Dance Quotes by La Meri
- The first expression of religion was the dance, and the first motive of the dance was religion.
- Technique-bodily control-must be mastered only because the body must not stand in the way of the soul's expression.
- The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.
- We have come to consider the word technique applicable only to movements that are so showy as to approach acrobatics...
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- To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. — Jane Austen
- Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. — George Balanchine
- The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. — George Balanchine
- Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. — Dave Barry
- I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- The more injuries you get, the smarter you get. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. — Mikhail Baryshnikov