"Since the days of slavery, if you were……" — Spike Lee
"Since the days of slavery, if you were a good singer or dancer, it was your job to perform for the master after dinner."
More Dancer Quotes
- One is born to be a great dancer. — George Balanchine
- No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- I am not the first straight dancer or the last. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Nobody is born a dancer. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which… — Warren G. Bennis
- If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. — Ritchie Blackmore
- I went through my first big breakup, with a boyfriend who I had been with for more than two years.… — Christina Aguilera
- The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet. — Jo Brand