Context Quote by Russell Mael

I like the idea of having a film that is choreographic in all its aspects, not only in the dancing scenes, but also in…

— Pascal Chaumeil

I often begin movies with music in my head; it's a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to…

— Mira Nair

The way I sort of approach my work is that the historical and socioeconomic and cultural worlds that the music is exploring dictate the…

— Todd Haynes

The way a musical can make us feel is unlike anything else, in song and particularly in dance. I think people fly through plate-glass…

— Joss Whedon

I think when you're doing a musical, you have to be attuned to the director's vision. You're working with a variety of people, singers…

— Arlene Phillips

I definitely want to act, but I also want to score movies, and I have this idea to fuse classical music with other styles…

— Alicia Keys

We've always liked music in movies, you know, just 'cause it helps tell the story. It can be emotional. It can be funny. It…

— John Musker

When I would create a dance, I wouldn't have the luxury that ballet people do when they take a piece of music and impose…

— Gene Kelly

It's hard to incorporate dance into movies I think.

— Jamie Bell

I really think music and movement - dance, you know - and literature inform my visuals. I think film is also based in dance.…

— Christopher Doyle

You can treat musicians like actors - you give them a roadmap but don't tell them what to do, and let their personal style…

— Samuel Ervin Beam

Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture, it's really difficult.

— Robert Palmer