To Dance or not to dance ... Silly question
My faviourate Dance qoutes! Its a long post, and some of them are repeated, so sorry about that.
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I dont want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance-Balanchine
Dance is the hidden language of the soul - Martha Grahm
I see dance as communication between body and soul to express what is too deep to find for words-Ruth St. Davis
Dance can give the inarticulate a voice-Pamela Brown
Grace is glided on blistered feet-Alice Abrahms
Master the technique and then forget and be natural-Anna Pavlova
Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult, it never becomes easy, it becomes possible-Agnes deMille
"Dance is the only art form in which our body is the material it's made of." -Anonymous
First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty. If we're very lucky and have said our prayers.
George Balanchine
Survive eight years of the dance, and you can survive anything.
When you dance, there spring a thousand flowers.
Dance like nobody's watching.
In life, as in dance, grace glides on blistered feet.
If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in danceing it.
Great Dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
If ballet was any easier, it would be called football.
"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful." ~ Agnes De Mille
"Dance is the ultimate form of expression. If you cannot say something you sing it, and if you can't sing it, you dance it."
"There is a little bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good."
Any problem in the word can be solved by dancing
Life is a dance, from one stage to the next.
Quitters never win and winners never quit.
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.
If ballet was easy then everyone would be doing it.
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 pantha-like strength and agility.
Behind every victory is a long train of suffering.
Why do i dance?...Why do i breathe?
"People who think dance sucks should be beaten with a large rubber stick."
“Its not the look of the foot that makes the dancer, its the ability of the foot.”
“Dance first think later its the natural order.”
“There are short cuts to happiness and dancing is one of them.”
“To dance or not to dance?.....Silly question.”
“Dance what you know, dance what you feel, that's when you know the dancer is real.”
"A dancer must have a need, a teacher must inspire." Henri Oguike.
“Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.” ~Kurt Vonnegut
“Not only do we have the willing feet, we have the willing heart.”
"We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance."
“You know you're a dancer when tears of happiness and pain belnd in with your sweat.”
“Beware of dancers~ We kick harder than you think.”
“Why be in the audience when you can be in center stage?”
“Once a dancer, always a dancer.”
“Dance allows your dreams to speak.”
“Dance for yourself, if someone else understands, good. If not, no matter what, go right on doing what you love.”
“Dance til the stars come down from the rafters, dance, dance, dance til you drop.”
“Only the wise can dance the rhythm of life.”
“Nobody cares if you can't dance well, just get up and dance.”
“Anybody who thinks sunshine brings happiness has obviously never danced in the rain.”
“You can dance anywhere, if only in your heart.”
“Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.”
“Kids-They dance before they learn there isn't any music.”
“Dance, then, wherever you may be.”
“People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them.”
“Let's face the music and dance.”
“The girl who says she can't dance says the band can't play.”
“Life's a dance, you learn as you go.”
“Some days you just gotta dance.”
“The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music.…”
“Great artists are people who find the way to be their selves in their art.”
“Practice means to perform over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire.”
“I don't want to feel a shoe, I want the shoe to become a part of me.”
“Those move easiest have learned to dance.”
“Everyday, there must be something I can't do, otherwise, it is boring.”
“The dance is the mother of the arts. Music and poetry exist in time: painting and architecture in space. But the dance lives at once in the space.”
“All I ever needed was the music and the mirror.”
“He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor.”
“It's what I always wanted to do, the show, the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.”
“To dance is to be out of yourself more powerful, more larger, more beautiful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.”
“Never let up, the more you can win by, the doubts you can put in other dancers minds.”
“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
“Don't just do it, dance it!”
“The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul.”
--Isadora Duncan
“The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.” - La Meri
“Dance from your heart and love your music, and the audience will love you in return.”
“Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance.”
“Dance in the rain, Dance in the sky, because when you dance, your soul will fly!”
“Then come the lights shining on you from above. You are a performer. You forget all you learned, the process of technique, the fear, and the pain. You even forget who you are. You become one with the music, the lights, indeed one with the dance.” -Shirley Maclaine
“I could have missed the pain, but I could have missed the dance.”
“What makes a great dancer is not technique, what makes a great dancer is passion.”
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
“Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another.”
“It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer.”
“Dance just isn't about fancy footwork, it requires grace, discipline, and major muscles.”
“Someone said dancers work just as hard as football players, always training, always alert, but see, football players don't have to be beautiful at.the.same.time.”
“Thousands of emotions well up inside me through out the day. They are released when I dance.”
“You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart.”
“There are three steps you have to complete to become a professional dancer: learn to dance, learn to perform, and learn how to cope with injuries.”
“Practice like you are the runner up, compete like you are the champion.”
“When you're not practicing, someone else will be and when you meet, they'll win…”
“The most important part of a dancers body is between their ears.”
“The Dancer believes that her 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 her reason for searching further for deeper aspects of her art.” ~Doris Humphrey
“Dance is breath made visible.”
“Only when you go backstage is when you should pick your tutu out of your butt!”
-Jennifer.Langenstein
“Technique and strength are poor substitutes for passion.”
“Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation.”
-Martha Graham
“Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!” ~Constanze
“Dancers are the athletes of God.” ~Albert Einstein
“Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays.” ~George Balanchine
“Plie is the first thing you learn and the last thing you master.” -Suzanne Farrell
“I danced form the moment I could stand.” -Anna Pavlova
“If you want to dance seriously, do. You must think about it day and night, dream about it, --desire It.” -Christa Justus
“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 agility.” -Camilla Jessel
“You ask me why I dance, I ask you why you breathe.”
“Ballet is not just a sport and art, it's a way of life.”
“Practice doesn't necessarily make you perfect but it will most likely make you better than those who don't practice.”
“There are those who strive to be the best, for they are the ones that truly need to dance. Then there are all the others.”
“Eat. Sleep. Dance. Repeat.”
“Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music…”
“A dancer's day begins with sore bones and tired muscles, a dancer's day ends with blisters, calluses, cuts and scrapes and the accomplishment of what they have done!”
Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!
You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart.
Dancers are the athletes of God.
There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching. Live like heavens on earth
It takes an athlete to dance but an artist to be a dancer
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!
Ballets image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, balkan intrigue and sulfurous hatreds where any thing is likely, and dancers know it.
"To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak."
-Hopi Indian Saying
"The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle."
-Martha Graham
"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
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to go out and dance in the rain."
Dance isn't something that can be explained in words; it has to be danced.
-Paige Arden
Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals.
-Charles Baudelaire
"O body swayed to music; O brightening glance; how can we tell the dancer from the dance?"
"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."