Dance Quotes | Beyond Motive 3/5

top of page

Dance Quotes

"What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it."

"What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it."

Sally Rand, American Actress

Dance, Dancing, Heaven, Name

13

"On the other hand in London you can get an audience that desires dance to go as far as it can go: they've seen the bricks of ideas built over a period so therefore there is an acceptance of what otherwise might seem out on a limb."

"On the other hand in London you can get an audience that desires dance to go as far as it can go: they've seen the bricks of ideas built over a period so therefore there is an acceptance of what otherwise might seem out on a limb."

Siobhan Davies, English Dancer

Dance, Ideas, Acceptance, London

13

"Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you."

"Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you."

E. T. A. Hoffmann, German Critic

Dance, Dancing, Devil, Help

13

"Now on the other hand, if someone is selling a product, opening a dance studio, or has some other aim to help themselves, then I tend to look askance at some of these strange stories from outer space."

"Now on the other hand, if someone is selling a product, opening a dance studio, or has some other aim to help themselves, then I tend to look askance at some of these strange stories from outer space."

Robert Stack, American Actor

Dance, Selling, Help, Now

13

"It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine."

"It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine."

Deborah Bull, British Dancer

Dance, Dancing, Feet, Myth, Right

12

"You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer."

"You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer."

Black Elk, American Leader

Dance, Vision, Old, Summer

12

"Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved."

"Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved."

Henry Mayhew, English Journalist

Dance, Ballet, Reputation

12

"I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap."

"I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

12

"Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own."

"Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own."

Erica Jong, American Novelist

12

"Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts."

"Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts."

Shana Alexander, American Journalist

12

"I mean whatever I do it's important that I put my stamp on it and keep it in my world, whether I'm doing a dance track or something like the Russian album for example."

"I mean whatever I do it's important that I put my stamp on it and keep it in my world, whether I'm doing a dance track or something like the Russian album for example."

Marc Almond, British Musician

Dance, Example, World

12

"West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York."

"West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

Dance, Dancing, Style

12

"We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops."

"We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops."

Simon Le Bon, English Musician

12

"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution."

"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution."

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian Activist

Dance, Revolution, Want

12

"When all is ready, the leaders walk out to the dance place."

"When all is ready, the leaders walk out to the dance place."

James Mooney, American Scientist

12

"There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company."

"There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company."

Graeme Murphy, Australian Dancer

Dance, Company, Waiting

12

"When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn't say that I wasn't popular. I was a cheerleader when I was in junior high. I didn't make it in high school so I started a dance line."

"When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn't say that I wasn't popular. I was a cheerleader when I was in junior high. I didn't make it in high school so I started a dance line."

Faith Ford, American Actress

Dance, Popular, School

12

"My first vocation was dance."

"My first vocation was dance."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

Dance, First, Vocation

12

"I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted."

"I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted."

Mary Tyler Moore, American Actress

Dance, Responsibility, Sanity, Voice

12

"So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do."

"So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do."

Suzanne Farrell, American Dancer

Dance, Dancing, Desire

11

"My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it."

"My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it."

Dan Fogelberg, American Musician

Dance, Dancing, First, Girls, Guitar

11

"I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart."

"I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart."

Jennifer Ellison, English Actress

11

"Dance, as if nobody is watching. Love, as if you have never been hurt before."

"Dance, as if nobody is watching. Love, as if you have never been hurt before."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

11

"Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe."

"Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe."

Ruth St. Denis, American Dancer

Dance, Future, Man, Universe

11

"They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it."

"They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it."

Dizzy Gillespie, American Musician

11

"I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing."

"I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing."

Virginia Madsen, American Actress

Dance, Hope, First, Saying

11

"From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance."

"From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

11

"I used to teach dance lessons."

"I used to teach dance lessons."

Eartha Kitt, American Actress

11

"I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it."

"I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

11

"You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights."

"You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights."

Bob Barker, American Actor

Dance, Dancing, Fool, Girls, Television

11

"Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists."

"Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists."

Neve Campbell, Canadian Actress

Dance, Artists, Athletes

11

"I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom."

"I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom."

Bob Hope, American Comedian

Dance, Brothers, Waiting

11

"What I remember most about junior homecoming was my date getting sick afterwards. That kinda sucked. Then, senior year, someone got gum in her hair when we were dancing. She had to get one of the chaperones to take her to the office and cut up her hair. I felt really bad for her, but it worked out fine."

"What I remember most about junior homecoming was my date getting sick afterwards. That kinda sucked. Then, senior year, someone got gum in her hair when we were dancing. She had to get one of the chaperones to take her to the office and cut up her hair. I felt really bad for her, but it worked out fine."

James Lafferty, American Actor

Dance, Dancing, Hair, Office

11

"I have never had a lap dance in Tampa or any other part of Florida. If I ever did have a lap dance, I don't think I would be discussing television ideas with the girl that was giving it to me."

"I have never had a lap dance in Tampa or any other part of Florida. If I ever did have a lap dance, I don't think I would be discussing television ideas with the girl that was giving it to me."

Stan Lee, American Writer

Dance, Ideas, Giving, Television

11

"If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it."

"If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it."

Alvin Ailey, American Dancer

Dance, Racism, World

11

"I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance."

"I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance."

Nastassja Kinski, German Actress

11

"I am taking belly dancing now. My hips are double-jointed, so I can do it really easily."

"I am taking belly dancing now. My hips are double-jointed, so I can do it really easily."

Alexa Vega, American Actress

Dance, Dancing, Now

11

"Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?"

"Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?"

Alice Walker, American Author

Dance, Attention, Faces, Trees

11

"My grandmother had a Miss Margaret's School of Dance to teach tap and ballet to kids, but I never studied it. I was raised a Mormon and they're dancing fools. It's the only vice they have - dancing."

"My grandmother had a Miss Margaret's School of Dance to teach tap and ballet to kids, but I never studied it. I was raised a Mormon and they're dancing fools. It's the only vice they have - dancing."

Michelle Shocked, American Musician

Dance, Ballet, Dancing, Fools

11

"The dance world is too small in lots of ways - it's too intense, it rattles around itself, and it needs exposing to other ideas."

"The dance world is too small in lots of ways - it's too intense, it rattles around itself, and it needs exposing to other ideas."

Siobhan Davies, English Dancer

Dance, Ideas, Needs, World

11

"I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing."

"I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

Dance, Dancing, Forget, Night

11

"I was taken to one place by a director, and he bought me a lap dance."

"I was taken to one place by a director, and he bought me a lap dance."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

11

"I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing."

"I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing."

Stephanie Beacham, English Actress

Dance, Dancing, Thinking

11

"What a joy it is to dance and sing!"

"What a joy it is to dance and sing!"

Angela Carter, English Novelist

11

"I just finished a film with Michael Radford called Dancing at the Blue Iguana."

"I just finished a film with Michael Radford called Dancing at the Blue Iguana."

Daryl Hannah, American Actress

Dance, Dancing, Film

11

"I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance."

"I wasn't out drinking and abusing my body. I simply loved to go out and dance."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

Dance, Body, Drinking

10

"I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for "Six Feet Under", last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day."

"I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for "Six Feet Under", last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day."

Michelle Trachtenberg, American Actress

Dance, Ballet, Class, Day

10

"Dance every performance as if it were your last."

"Dance every performance as if it were your last."

Erik Bruhn, Dutch Dancer

Dance, Performance

10

"I am dumb when it comes to learning dance steps."

"I am dumb when it comes to learning dance steps."

Mia Kirshner, Canadian Actress

Dance, Dumb, Learning

10

"Dance must have a precision without fault."

"Dance must have a precision without fault."

Arielle Dombasle, French Actress

10

bottom of page