Dance Quote by Twyla Tharp

Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today.

— Mark Morris

I love to dance. But I don't like being up in front of tons of people. I didn't have the desire to be performing…

— Sherilyn Fenn

I've been acting my whole life, which people don't realize. I just haven't had the opportunities that I've had with my dancing.

— Julianne Hough

Don't dance for the audience; dance for yourself.

— Bob Fosse

The thought of dancing in front of an audience terrifies me.

— Chrishell Stause

I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So, performing was always part of what I…

— Tatiana Maslany

I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected…

— Tino Sehgal

I'm not a great dancer. I'm a great advertisement for freedom of expression. I don't care what you think. I'm having a great time.

— Chris Martin

You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in…

— Bronson Pinchot

I don't understand choreographers who say they don't care about the audience or that they would be happy to present their works non-publicly. I…

— Dana Tai Soon Burgess

I used to say to myself, 'Well, in the old days everybody danced because they loved to dance, and there was none of this…

— Twyla Tharp

Dance has become an exclusionary enterprise. To participate, one must be thinner than thin, of pleasing form, flexible, athletic and young. If you are…

— Clive Barnes