Dancer Quotes

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Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.. — Fred Astaire
It is this mission of the dancer to contribute to the betterment of all mankind. — Ruth St. Denis
To express what is the most moral, healthful and beautiful in art this is the mission of the dancer, and to this I dedicate my… — Isadora Duncan
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 should learn from all the arts. Go to museums and look at the paintings. See how they balance things. Everything you do in… — Alicia Alonso
Mannerism is not character, and affectation is the avowed enemy of grace. Every dancer ought to regard his laborious art as a link in the… — August Bournonville
The dancer, or dancers, must transform the stage for the audience as well as for themselves into an autonomous, complete, virtual realm, and all motions… — Susanne Katherina Langer
Dancing is a very living art. It is essentially of the moment, although a very old art. A dancer's art is lived while he is… — Martha Graham
The dance, just as the performance of the actor, is kinesthetic art, art of the muscle sense. The awareness of tension and relaxation within his… — Rudolf Arnheim
If one had to define one essential gift with which a dancer needs to be endowed, there might be a rush of answers. A beautiful… — Lincoln Kirstein
So many dancers rely on some sort of magic happening on the stage. They never, for various reasons, work full out in rehearsal. That's very… — Benjamin Harkarvy
I would like to tell all dancers to forget themselves and the desire for self display. They must become completely absorbed in the dance. Even… — Antony Tudor
I will make an average man into an average dancer, provided he be passably well made. I will teach him how to move his arms… — Jean-Georges Noverre
One is born to be a dancer. No teacher can work miracles, nor will years of training make a good dancer of an untalented pupil.… — George Balanchine
A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. — Agnes de Mille
There are many kinds of richness, and the man who is rich because of money is the lowest as far as the categories of richness… — Rajneesh
Dancers work and live from the inside. They drive themselves constantly producing a glow that lights not only themselves but audience after audience. — Murray Louis
The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing... there… — Doris Humphrey
Some dancers dream about successful careers...and some dancers wake up and do the hard work that's necessary to achieve them. — Grover Dale
God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can… — George Balanchine

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