Dance Quotes "Dance isn't a form it's a way of life." ~anonymous "Dancers are the athletes of God." ~Albert Einstein "To tap or not to tap...silly question!!" ~anonymous "We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams." "Whatever you want to do, do it. There are only so many tomorrows" "Imagination is more important than knowledge" ~Albert Einstein "To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking." ~Agnes De Mille "If dancing were any easier it would be called football." ~anonymous "Quitters never win and winners never quit." ~anonymous "Try to be fearless, because fear can inhibit you and keep you from a life." ~Miranda Weese (NYCB) "If ballet was easy then everyone would be doing it." ~anonymous "Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another." ~anonymous "The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing... there are times when the simple
dignity of movement can fulfill the function of a volume of words. There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself. This is the dancer's justification for being, and his reason for searching further for deeper aspects of his art." ~Doris Humphrey, 1937 "Behind each victory is a long train of suffering!" ~anonymous "I don't have an attitude, I'm just REALLY good!" ~Dance Caravan "The people who do not dance are the dead." ~Jerry Rose of Dance Caravan "Ginger Rogers did everything ...
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dignity of movement can fulfill the function of a volume of words. There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself. This is the dancer's justification for being, and his reason for searching further for deeper aspects of his art." ~Doris Humphrey, 1937 "Behind each victory is a long train of suffering!" ~anonymous "I don't have an attitude, I'm just REALLY good!" ~Dance Caravan "The people who do not dance are the dead." ~Jerry Rose of Dance Caravan "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels." ~anonymous "If you say you can you can, but if you say you can't your right!" ~anonymous "You know you're dancing when tears of pain and happiness blend in with your sweat" ~anonymous "We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams." "Artists lead unglamorous daily lives of discipline and routine, but their work is full of passion. Each has a vision and feels responsibility to that vision." ~Merryl Brockway "Dancers are an admirable bunch of people. The way they work. The stress is extraordinary. It's a difficult career. I think it's hellish; the fact that they are over the hill as they're emotionally maturing. That calls for a terrific strength of character." ~Lady D. MacMillan Ballet is not technique but a way of expression that comes more closely to the inner language of man than any other." ~George Borodin It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun the joy of dance." ~Martha Graham"Life is a dance, from one stage to the next." "Set yourself up for success and anything is possible." "It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer." "Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion." "Your love for yourself is only shown when you are dancing freely." "Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays." ~George Balanchine "When AIDS is stopped we will dance for joy. Until then we will dance for life." "Dancers are among the most passionate and dedicated of artists and rarely take their work for granted." "You can't see a painter or a writer or a musician if you just look at them, but you can see a dancer in a child if they've studied ballet for a year." ~"The Dancer and the Dance" movie "You can't make a pointe if you don't understand the details." The teacher doesn't teach, not really. The teacher offers stimulation and ways in which the person can educate himself or herself. At best the teacher wakes up that person and makes a person hungry. Dancers work and live from the inside. They drive themselves constantly producing a glow that lights not only themselves but audience after audience." ~M. Louis "When in doubt......dance!" "Why do I dance?.....Why do I breathe?" ~anonymous "A child sings before it speaks, dances almost before it walks. Music is in our hearts from the beginning." ~Pamela Brown "Tomorrow's success begins today." "Then come the lights shining on you from above. You are a performer. You forget all you learned, the process of technique, the fear, the pain, you even forget who you are you become one with the music, the lights, indeed one with the dance." ~Shirley Maclaine "You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart." ~Unknown "I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words." ~Ruth St. Denis "Dance for yourself, if someone understands good. If not then no matter, go right on doing what you love." ~Lois Hurst "Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythm of your life. It's the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy." ~Jaques D'ambroise "You know you're dancing when tears of pain and happiness blend in with your sweat" ~anonymous All there is to be said for work compared to dance is that the latter is so much easier." ~Heywood Brown "Dance for life." Only the wise can dance the rhythm of life. --Unknown Love teaches even asses to dance. --French Proverb When you take dancing lessons, you learn steps and you learn steps and you learn steps. It can go on for a long time. And then one day, you just learn to dance, and it is so different. --Bill Austin Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth. --Mark Twain You've never felt pain until you've walked in a dancer's shoes --Unknown We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. --Friedrich Nietzsche Anyone who thinks sunshine is happiness has never danced in the rain. --Unknown Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance. --Unknown Dance is the hidden language of the soul, of the body --Martha Graham (1894-1994) US dancer, choreographer
