Age Quote by Twyla Tharp

Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are becoming less…

— Deborah Bull

People dance at any age.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

40 years old is about the time a principal dancer would start to think about retirement, but some go on to dance a little…

— Misty Copeland

It's hard to dance after a certain age. All those athletic things - like looking up at my kneecaps - they're just not there…

— Ann Reinking

A lot of professional dancers become professional when they turn 15 or 16 years old, when they're still children. So you've trained every single…

— Amanda Schull

Dancers don’t think about things; they just do them.

— Heather Morris

Dancing is as old as love.

— Lucian

I haven't danced since 1973; I'm too old.

— Len Goodman

Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut.

— Twyla Tharp

But you do have to start young as a dancer if you're going to achieve the physical skills necessary.

— Deborah Bull