Along Quote by Robert Gottlieb

Mia Michaels is to my mind one of the most interesting choreographers alive right now and my colleague and my friend from So You…

— Adam Shankman

If I weren't an actor today, I would have been a choreographer for sure.

— Sanjeeda Sheikh

I began to fear that the Graham work was not in lots of ways sufficient for me. I suppose it came about from looking…

— Merce Cunningham

George Balanchine is my role model because his work is so varied. You can see two ballets of his and not even realize that…

— Justin Peck

The only dance masters I could have were Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Walt Whitman and Nietzsche.

— Isadora Duncan

I have always seen myself as a choreographer first and foremost.

— Arlene Phillips

I mean, yeah, Anne Fletcher was a choreographer, but she was born to be a director. You need to have the ability to figure…

— Sandra Bullock

Michael Bennett, Tommy Tune and Agnes de Mille fought to be director-choreographers. They were just not going to do it any other way because…

— Ann Reinking

Had I not been a choreographer, I would have become nothing more than a traffic cop or peon in an office.

— Prabhu Deva

Even after choreographing some big numbers, I didn't qualify as the top choreographer. You need to have godfathers and big people to support you…

— Remo D'Souza

Choreographers, historically, are born, not made - their talents drive them to it.

— Robert Gottlieb

I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do.

— Twyla Tharp