College Quote by Daisy Shah

I wanted to be a professional dancer for a period of time, and I did a lot of dancing and choreography and got paid…

— Mae Jemison

What makes people and companies and artistic directors and choreographers interested in working with dancers is the ability to kind of let go of…

— Misty Copeland

While dancing for me was fun, becoming a choreographer was not something I wanted to do.

— Daisy Shah

I didn't want to be a dancer... I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and…

— Gene Kelly

It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I…

— Twyla Tharp

Being a ballet dancer isn't cool. Football, boxing, hockey... they're cool. And you make more money.

— Sergei Polunin

You can't apply the term 'lucrative' to dancing, but it does earn me a decent living.

— Shobana

In a musical, I believe that choreographers are under a great deal of pressure. There's not always the freedom to do what you want…

— Arlene Phillips

I always thought I was going to be a professional dancer.

— Esther Povitsky

I am seriously thinking of making dance as my major profession.

— Navya Nair

I never planned to become a dancer, but I became one. The same thing happened with acting and direction. I remember I was doing…

— Prabhu Deva

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov