| DANCE QUOTES, SAYINGS, & POEMS Quotes: "To accomplish great things one not must only act, but dream." "The best ideas come when you think you've ran out of them." "Dancers are the athletes of God." "Those move easiest when they've learned to dance." "Dance like nobody's looking." "Thousands of emotions well up inside me during the day. They are released when I dance." "Dance isn't something that can be explained in words. It has to be danced." "I don't want dancers who want to dance, I want dancers who have to dance." "The trained dancer must not only have grace and elegance, but also the leap of an Olympic hurdler, the balance of a tight-rope walker, and panther-like strength and ability." "It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer." "If you want to dance seriously, do. You must think about it all day and night, dream about it, desire it." "DANCE, an art form. THE BODY, an instrument Learn to play the instrument so you can master the art form." "Dancing should look easy; like an optical illusion. It should seem effortless. When you do a difficult variation, the audience is aware the it is demanding and that you have the strength to do it. But in the end when you take your bow, you should look as if you were saying, 'oh ,it was nothing, I could do it again.'" "Where ever a dancer stands is holy ground." "One is born to be a dancer. No teacher can work miracles, nor will years of training make a good dancer of an untalented pupil. One may be able to acquire certain technical facility, but no one can ever 'acquire an exceptional talent.' I have never prided myself on having an unusually gifted pupil. A Pavlova is no one's pupil but God's." "There are shotcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them." "Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat. your breathing. It's the rythym of your life. It's the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy sadness, and envy." "Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming." "Once you have stopped trying you have decided to fail." Poems(I did not write any of these!!!): DANCE RULES There are no language barriers, yet it communicates with power. There are no boundaries. It heals wounds. It tells stories. It causes ruckus and calms the wild beast. Dance can do anything- except go away. Dance is here to stay." You can take away the laughter, and leave only tears, You can take away safety, and leave lots of fears, You can take away love, and also romance, But if you leave something, God, Please leave me DANCE. Sayings: The Top 10 Most Important Things I've Learned In Ballet Class 1.) Girls can fly 2.) You gotta have the attitude!!! 3.) You can't fall off the floor(easily) 4.) Keep your toenails short. 5.) Barres are not invincible 6.) They tell you to spot for a good reason 7.) It's not sweat, it's glow 8.) Wet floors are slippery 9.) There is (usually) no such thing as a stupid question 10.) This is right ->, this is left <- Dance with your heart, dance what you feel, that's when you know the dancer is real! Sitting outside of class: Energy 100% 'I can't wait to get to barre!' At barre: Energy 70% 'I can't wait to get to centere!' At centere: Energy 45% 'I can't wait to go across the floor!' Across floor: Energy 25% 'I can't wait for class to be over!' After class: Energy 110%(fake energy) 'I can't wait for my next class!' -dsrutis As always, more coming soon! If you have any more quotes, poems, or sayings, email them to me at: hilly11148@hotmail.com, or right them in the g-book! |