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Dancer Quotes

If one had to define one essential gift with which a dancer needs to be endowed, there might be a rush of answers. A beautiful body, grace of line, graciousness of spirit, joy in the work, ability to please, unswerving integrity, relentless ambition towards some abstract perfection. Certainly all these factors determine a dancer’s character, and every element exists in some combination within the performing artist’s presence Picture Quote #1

A silent figure is the dancer, true but still, words become dance, and all things there express’d Picture Quote #1

Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer Picture Quote #1

The dancer of the future will be one whose body and soul have grown so harmoniously together that the natural language of the soul will have become the movement of the body Picture Quote #1

... a person who can connect with their partner, another human being who can connect with their soul? it’s not just learning steps, it’s about expressing something. I’ve found in dancing all my life that I can release something as a dancer that I can’t in any other way Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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When I was younger I’d berate myself: You’re fat, you’re not a good dancer, you’ll never have a boyfriend. I don’t sweat that kind of stuff anymore. Now every day is a miracle. I’ve also learned that if something is painful or upsetting, you shouldn’t hide from it. You should make it part of your life instead Picture Quote #1

Evolved? As a dancer? Me? I don’t fall down as much, unless it’s part of the scripted dance. I don’t step on other people’s toes anymore. I think if I started the show a one out of ten dancer, now I am a two and a half Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to be a dancer... I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it Picture Quote #1

Every day I go out and climb, like a dancer who works on his dance. He probably has some goals, some pieces he would like to perform, but his main goal is to work on his dance. This is how he expresses himself. Both he and I are interested in the same thing. It’s the dance that counts Picture Quote #1

I am sincerely trying now to create a dance technique based entirely upon corrective exercises, created with a knowledge of human anatomy; a technique which will correct physical faults and prepare a dancer for any type of dancing he may wish to follow; a technique having all the basic movements which govern the actions of the body; combined with a knowledge of the origin of movement and a sense of artistic design Picture Quote #1

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We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is one of the great arts... The important thing in ballet is the movement itself. A ballet may contain a story, but the visual spectacle... is the essential element. The choreographer and the dancer must remember that they reach the audience through the eye. It’s the illusion created which convinces the audience, much as it is with the work of a magician Picture Quote #1

You’re a dancer; don’t strain, don’t force it. Be one with the hurdle, let it happen, relax while running fast Picture Quote #1

I used to get so comfortable running the hurdles, I was just like a ballet dancer going out there and going through the routines Picture Quote #1

I was very personable and outgoing and was friends with most everybody in my class but I was a diehard dancer so I was constantly at dance classes and working toward my passion of dance Picture Quote #1

Many girls want to be carnal with me because I’m such a premium dancer Picture Quote #1

Marriage, families, all relationships are more a process of learning the dance rather than finding the right dancer Picture Quote #1

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I think most dancers would agree that the art of ballet chooses the dancer, not the other way around Picture Quote #1

I set as my goal to be the best dancer I could be. Not the most famous, or the highest paid dancer, just the best I could be. Out of this discipline came great freedom and calm Picture Quote #1

Dancing is being trusted with other people’s guts; choreographing is trusting other people with yours. When I choreograph I’m giving a dancer something to do and trusting the dancer to do it and build on it Picture Quote #1

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it’s all just one thing Picture Quote #1

Solo dancing does not exist: the dancer dances with the floor: add another dancer and you have a quartet: each dance with the other and each with the floor Picture Quote #1

I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a childrens author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president Picture Quote #1

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What’s a dancer’s worst enemy? Sometimes it’s age, but sometimes it’s the dancer themselves Picture Quote #1

I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action Picture Quote #1

I like to talk. I’m a terrible dancer. I love my hometown. I have freckles and oversized ears. I’m a geeks. I have tried not to hide who I am or what matters to me Picture Quote #1

In the cabaret of globalization, the state shows itself as a table dancer that strips off everything until it is left with only the minimum indispensable garments: the repressive force Picture Quote #1

I have been curious about the mind and body for as long as I can remember. I was a gymnast, a ballet dancer, and a philosophy and physical therapy major. Following the thread of curiosity about mind and body, I took my first yoga class in 1980 and knew from the start that it would be a lifelong passion Picture Quote #1

Just as experience dictates to the ballet teacher the length of time necessary to train his students, so the horse, too, needs time to mature into a great four legged dancer. This fact cannot be obliterated by seeming successes that supposedly prove the opposite. For, even if someone should succeed in training a horse to high school level by the age of eight, this individual occurrence cannot shake the foundations of the classical art of riding, if this dressage horse is completely unsound and unusable by the age of ten Picture Quote #1

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If one had to define one essential gift with which a dancer needs to be endowed, there might be a rush of answers. A beautiful body, grace of line, graciousness of spirit, joy in the work, ability to please, unswerving integrity, relentless ambition towards some abstract perfection. Certainly all these factors determine a dancer’s character, and every element exists in some combination within the performing artist’s presence (Dancer Quotes) A silent figure is the dancer, true but still, words become dance, and all things there express’d (Dancer Quotes) Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer (Dancer Quotes) The dancer of the future will be one whose body and soul have grown so harmoniously together that the natural language of the soul will have become the movement of the body (Dancer Quotes) ... a person who can connect with their partner, another human being who can connect with their soul? it’s not just learning steps, it’s about expressing something. I’ve found in dancing all my life that I can release something as a dancer that I can’t in any other way (Dancer Quotes) 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 (Dancer Quotes) When I was younger I’d berate myself: You’re fat, you’re not a good dancer, you’ll never have a boyfriend. I don’t sweat that kind of stuff anymore. Now every day is a miracle. I’ve also learned that if something is painful or upsetting, you shouldn’t hide from it. You should make it part of your life instead (Dancer Quotes) Evolved? As a dancer? Me? I don’t fall down as much, unless it’s part of the scripted dance. I don’t step on other people’s toes anymore. I think if I started the show a one out of ten dancer, now I am a two and a half (Dancer Quotes) I didn’t want to be a dancer... I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally (Dancer Quotes) There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it (Dancer Quotes) Every day I go out and climb, like a dancer who works on his dance. He probably has some goals, some pieces he would like to perform, but his main goal is to work on his dance. This is how he expresses himself. Both he and I are interested in the same thing. It’s the dance that counts (Dancer Quotes) I am sincerely trying now to create a dance technique based entirely upon corrective exercises, created with a knowledge of human anatomy; a technique which will correct physical faults and prepare a dancer for any type of dancing he may wish to follow; a technique having all the basic movements which govern the actions of the body; combined with a knowledge of the origin of movement and a sense of artistic design (Dancer Quotes) We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is one of the great arts... The important thing in ballet is the movement itself. A ballet may contain a story, but the visual spectacle... is the essential element. The choreographer and the dancer must remember that they reach the audience through the eye. It’s the illusion created which convinces the audience, much as it is with the work of a magician (Dancer Quotes) You’re a dancer; don’t strain, don’t force it. Be one with the hurdle, let it happen, relax while running fast (Dancer Quotes) I used to get so comfortable running the hurdles, I was just like a ballet dancer going out there and going through the routines (Dancer Quotes) I was very personable and outgoing and was friends with most everybody in my class but I was a diehard dancer so I was constantly at dance classes and working toward my passion of dance (Dancer Quotes) Many girls want to be carnal with me because I’m such a premium dancer (Dancer Quotes) Marriage, families, all relationships are more a process of learning the dance rather than finding the right dancer (Dancer Quotes) I think most dancers would agree that the art of ballet chooses the dancer, not the other way around (Dancer Quotes) I set as my goal to be the best dancer I could be. Not the most famous, or the highest paid dancer, just the best I could be. Out of this discipline came great freedom and calm (Dancer Quotes) Dancing is being trusted with other people’s guts; choreographing is trusting other people with yours. When I choreograph I’m giving a dancer something to do and trusting the dancer to do it and build on it (Dancer Quotes) I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it’s all just one thing (Dancer Quotes) Solo dancing does not exist: the dancer dances with the floor: add another dancer and you have a quartet: each dance with the other and each with the floor (Dancer Quotes) I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a childrens author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist, a psychiatrist, a ballet teacher, and the first woman president (Dancer Quotes) What’s a dancer’s worst enemy? Sometimes it’s age, but sometimes it’s the dancer themselves (Dancer Quotes) I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action (Dancer Quotes) I like to talk. I’m a terrible dancer. I love my hometown. I have freckles and oversized ears. I’m a geeks. I have tried not to hide who I am or what matters to me (Dancer Quotes) In the cabaret of globalization, the state shows itself as a table dancer that strips off everything until it is left with only the minimum indispensable garments: the repressive force (Dancer Quotes) I have been curious about the mind and body for as long as I can remember. I was a gymnast, a ballet dancer, and a philosophy and physical therapy major. Following the thread of curiosity about mind and body, I took my first yoga class in 1980 and knew from the start that it would be a lifelong passion (Dancer Quotes) Just as experience dictates to the ballet teacher the length of time necessary to train his students, so the horse, too, needs time to mature into a great four legged dancer. This fact cannot be obliterated by seeming successes that supposedly prove the opposite. For, even if someone should succeed in training a horse to high school level by the age of eight, this individual occurrence cannot shake the foundations of the classical art of riding, if this dressage horse is completely unsound and unusable by the age of ten (Dancer Quotes)

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