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Dancers Quotes

Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained Picture Quote #1

The dancer, or dancers, must transform the stage for the audience as well as for themselves into an autonomous, complete, virtual realm, and all motions into a play of visible forces in unbroken, virtual time... Both space and time, as perceptible factors, disappear almost entirely in the dance illusion Picture Quote #1

So many dancers rely on some sort of magic happening on the stage. They never, for various reasons, work full out in rehearsal. That’s very uncreative. They don’t discover the kinds of things that add up to a remarkable performance Picture Quote #1

Dancers work and live from the inside. They drive themselves constantly producing a glow that lights not only themselves but audience after audience Picture Quote #1

Some dancers dream about successful careers... and some dancers wake up and do the hard work that’s necessary to achieve them 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

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Dancers are a great breed of people. And they really want to dance so you don’t have to beg them to work. However, dancers sometimes build walls around themselves because they are presenting themselves all the time: dancing is very much a confession Picture Quote #1

I imagine a future where many of us will call ourselves dancers and collaborate to make an art which concerns itself with primary areas of life... for me, peace is a communal work process, a collective vision. The dance itself tries to exemplify a few of these methods in a truly grounded and practical way so that the people can say: yes, there are prospects of survival Picture Quote #1

All dance has expression. If there is no expression, I prefer the circus. The performers do more dangerous, more difficult technical things than we do. But we are dancers. We have to express and we have to project Picture Quote #1

My choreography suits men very well, and the women who can do it are damn hard, strong dancers Picture Quote #1

I don’t date dancers, but I’ve always wanted to teach guys how to dance Picture Quote #1

My kids have become wonderful dancers themselves and enjoy teaching just as much as I do Picture Quote #1

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Learning ballet is wonderful for children even if they never become dancers. It is wonderful because it teaches discipline, grace, and manners Picture Quote #1

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

In the earliest cultures any tie between the dancers is slight. In a higher level the choral dancers almost always touch one another and thus force themselves into the same stride and the same movement. The closer the contact, the stronger is the social character of the choral Picture Quote #1

Creative arts, new inventions, and new ideas spring from those blessed with imagination, and magic stimulates imagination. It is no coincidence that many artists, writers, and dancers are interested in magic Picture Quote #1

I have all these opinions about the dancers but they should be kept to myself. No one consults me. I keep asking to be invited to the dance tryouts but no one ever allows me there. I’ll just say this: My general philosophy is that you can teach them to dance Picture Quote #1

My body is very different from most of the dancers I dance with. My hair is different than most I dance with. But I didn’t let that stop me. Black girls rock and can be ballerinas Picture Quote #1

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All dancers are, by and large, a photographer’s dream. They communicate with their bodies and they are trained to be completely responsive to a collaborative situation Picture Quote #1

The most important thing to do as an artist is to get out of your comfort zone and work with different people: people who can’t read a note of music, people who have incredible classical skills, blues and jazz musicians, pop artists, visual artists, dancers and actors. Learn from people who are creative in a different way to you and you’ll keep evolving Picture Quote #1

The idea that ballet is a white art is absurd and shocking, and it’s gone on for too long. Nothing would make me happier than having a company that reflects society, to have dancers onstage that people can relate to Picture Quote #1

I’m still trying to change the way people see black dancers that we can become delicate dancers, that we can be a ballerina Picture Quote #1

My investigation of movement has led me to choices which vary from traditional norms. My dancers and I see the rehearsal as a laboratory for testing scientific principles on the body. We invent action ideas which we think are archetypal, noticeable, understandable. The outcome is a mixture of slam dancing, exquisite and amazing human flight and a wild action sport which captures kids, older people and the general public’s hearts and minds and bodies Picture Quote #1

It’s great that ballroom dancing is being recognised. For many years ballroom dancers were misunderstood and other dance forms didn’t want anything to do with us Picture Quote #1

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I haven’t had a family, but I don’t think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family Picture Quote #1

Like most dancers, I love lip stains! We hate gloss because hair gets stuck in it Picture Quote #1

The way to heaven is too steep, too narrow for men to dance in and keep revel rout. No way is large or smooth enough for capering rousters, for jumping, skipping, dancing dames but that broad, beaten, pleasant road that leads to hell. The gate of heaven is too narrow for whole rounds, whole troops of dancers to march in together Picture Quote #1

I had no idea what I was walking into, and the years and years of hard work it would take. I felt like an outsider and like it was never going to happen. But even if I would have known, I think I still would have done it. Dancers are perfectionists, and that’s what keeps us going and growing Picture Quote #1

My dancers must be able to do anything, and I don’t care if they are black or white or purple or green. I want to help show my people how beautiful they are. I want to hold up the mirror to my audience that says this is the way people can be, this is how open people can be Picture Quote #1

If I can play one note and make you cry, then that’s better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes Picture Quote #1

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Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained (Dancers Quotes) The dancer, or dancers, must transform the stage for the audience as well as for themselves into an autonomous, complete, virtual realm, and all motions into a play of visible forces in unbroken, virtual time... Both space and time, as perceptible factors, disappear almost entirely in the dance illusion (Dancers Quotes) So many dancers rely on some sort of magic happening on the stage. They never, for various reasons, work full out in rehearsal. That’s very uncreative. They don’t discover the kinds of things that add up to a remarkable performance (Dancers Quotes) Dancers work and live from the inside. They drive themselves constantly producing a glow that lights not only themselves but audience after audience (Dancers Quotes) Some dancers dream about successful careers... and some dancers wake up and do the hard work that’s necessary to achieve them (Dancers Quotes) Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer (Dancers Quotes) Dancers are a great breed of people. And they really want to dance so you don’t have to beg them to work. However, dancers sometimes build walls around themselves because they are presenting themselves all the time: dancing is very much a confession (Dancers Quotes) I imagine a future where many of us will call ourselves dancers and collaborate to make an art which concerns itself with primary areas of life... for me, peace is a communal work process, a collective vision. The dance itself tries to exemplify a few of these methods in a truly grounded and practical way so that the people can say: yes, there are prospects of survival (Dancers Quotes) All dance has expression. If there is no expression, I prefer the circus. The performers do more dangerous, more difficult technical things than we do. But we are dancers. We have to express and we have to project (Dancers Quotes) My choreography suits men very well, and the women who can do it are damn hard, strong dancers (Dancers Quotes) I don’t date dancers, but I’ve always wanted to teach guys how to dance (Dancers Quotes) My kids have become wonderful dancers themselves and enjoy teaching just as much as I do (Dancers Quotes) Learning ballet is wonderful for children even if they never become dancers. It is wonderful because it teaches discipline, grace, and manners (Dancers Quotes) I think most dancers would agree that the art of ballet chooses the dancer, not the other way around (Dancers Quotes) In the earliest cultures any tie between the dancers is slight. In a higher level the choral dancers almost always touch one another and thus force themselves into the same stride and the same movement. The closer the contact, the stronger is the social character of the choral (Dancers Quotes) Creative arts, new inventions, and new ideas spring from those blessed with imagination, and magic stimulates imagination. It is no coincidence that many artists, writers, and dancers are interested in magic (Dancers Quotes) I have all these opinions about the dancers but they should be kept to myself. No one consults me. I keep asking to be invited to the dance tryouts but no one ever allows me there. I’ll just say this: My general philosophy is that you can teach them to dance (Dancers Quotes) My body is very different from most of the dancers I dance with. My hair is different than most I dance with. But I didn’t let that stop me. Black girls rock and can be ballerinas (Dancers Quotes) All dancers are, by and large, a photographer’s dream. They communicate with their bodies and they are trained to be completely responsive to a collaborative situation (Dancers Quotes) The most important thing to do as an artist is to get out of your comfort zone and work with different people: people who can’t read a note of music, people who have incredible classical skills, blues and jazz musicians, pop artists, visual artists, dancers and actors. Learn from people who are creative in a different way to you and you’ll keep evolving (Dancers Quotes) The idea that ballet is a white art is absurd and shocking, and it’s gone on for too long. Nothing would make me happier than having a company that reflects society, to have dancers onstage that people can relate to (Dancers Quotes) I’m still trying to change the way people see black dancers that we can become delicate dancers, that we can be a ballerina (Dancers Quotes) My investigation of movement has led me to choices which vary from traditional norms. My dancers and I see the rehearsal as a laboratory for testing scientific principles on the body. We invent action ideas which we think are archetypal, noticeable, understandable. The outcome is a mixture of slam dancing, exquisite and amazing human flight and a wild action sport which captures kids, older people and the general public’s hearts and minds and bodies (Dancers Quotes) It’s great that ballroom dancing is being recognised. For many years ballroom dancers were misunderstood and other dance forms didn’t want anything to do with us (Dancers Quotes) I haven’t had a family, but I don’t think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family (Dancers Quotes) Like most dancers, I love lip stains! We hate gloss because hair gets stuck in it (Dancers Quotes) The way to heaven is too steep, too narrow for men to dance in and keep revel rout. No way is large or smooth enough for capering rousters, for jumping, skipping, dancing dames but that broad, beaten, pleasant road that leads to hell. The gate of heaven is too narrow for whole rounds, whole troops of dancers to march in together (Dancers Quotes) I had no idea what I was walking into, and the years and years of hard work it would take. I felt like an outsider and like it was never going to happen. But even if I would have known, I think I still would have done it. Dancers are perfectionists, and that’s what keeps us going and growing (Dancers Quotes) My dancers must be able to do anything, and I don’t care if they are black or white or purple or green. I want to help show my people how beautiful they are. I want to hold up the mirror to my audience that says this is the way people can be, this is how open people can be (Dancers Quotes) If I can play one note and make you cry, then that’s better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes (Dancers Quotes)

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