| Dance Quotes page 1 |
| "I don't want dancers who want to dance, I want dancers who HAVE to dance" -- George Balanchine "Dance isn't something that can be explained in words it has to be danced." -- Paige Ardem "Where ever a dancer stands is holy ground." -- Martha Graham "In life, as in the dance grace glides on blistered feet." -- Alice Abrams "Give me but one firm spot to stand on and I will move the world." -- Archimedes "Dance is an art that imprints on the soul. It is with you every moment, it expresses itself in every thing you do." -- Shirley Maclaine "Dancers are the athletes of God" -- Albert Einstein "Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion." --Agnes de Mille "I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art." -- Carrie Fisher "Any problem in the world can be solved by dancing." -- James Brown "One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar." -- Helen Keller "Whatever you think you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power in it." -- Goethe "People tend to look at dancers like we are these little jewels, little cardboard cut-outs, and yet we have blood and guts and go through Hell." -- Susan Jaffe "We should consider everyday lost in which we don't dance" -- Neitzshe "Plie is the first thing you learn and the last thing you master." -- Suzanna Farrell "When you perform...you are out of yourself...larger, and more potent, more powerful, more beautiful. You are for minutes heroic. This is power. This is glory on earth. And it is yours nightly." -- Agnes de Mille Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to paradise of the achivement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration, there are daily small deaths. --Martha Graham The next time you look in the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle. --Martha Graham Those who dance are thought mad by those who do not hear the music. --unknown If you want to dance seriously, do. You must think about it day and night, dream about it,--desire it. --Christa Justus Dance, an art form The body, an intrument Learn to play the instrument So you can master the art form -Debbie Dee Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It is the rhythym of your life. It is the expression in time and movement in happiness, joy, sadness, and envy. --Jaques D'Amboise There is a bit of insanity in dance that does everyone a great deal of good. --Edwin Denby You can dance anywhere, Even if only in your heart. --Unknown Bleeding feet will bond us. --Liza Minelli "Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policemen, always alert, always tense, but see policemen don't have to be beautiful at the same time." -- George Balanchine "While I dance I cannot judge. I cannot hate, I cannot seperate myself from life. I can only be joyful and whole. That is why I dance." -- Hans Bos "It is kind of fun to do the impossible." -- Walt Disney "To dance with your ability is one thing. To dance with your heart is another." "Dance is the only art in which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made." -- Ted Shawn "Those move easiest who have learned to dance." -- Alexander Pope "Dance is the hidden language of the soul." -- Martha Graham "True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance." -- Alexander Pope “Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.” -- Charles Baudelaire |
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