Quotes about dan
dance done firsts
Nothing is done easily, first have the thing, then the thing has a success, then all sorts of difficulties arise through the success. Ninette de Valois
dance important firsts
First of all, the most important, that is to learn everything good that has survived from other times, and carefully to watch the bad - and throw it out. Ninette de Valois
dance attention losing
You never advance without losing something en passant... you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing. Ninette de Valois
dangerous
It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with. Jimmy Rushing
dancing half mixtures
I was educated in line with the basic premise: work work work. You are only a valuable human being if you work. This is utterly wrong. Half working, half dancing - that is the right mixture. I myself have danced and played too little. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
dancer competition ballet
I went to the International Ballet competition when I was 15 or 16 and that was the first time I competed. I didn't get very far but it was the first time that I realized what I needed to do to become a dancer. I realized how hard it was. Joan Chen
dancing ballet ballet-dancing
The best physique I ever had was when I was ballet dancing. Manu Bennett
dancing shadow fancy
Fancies are like shadows...you can't cage them, they're such wayward, dancing things. Lucy Maud Montgomery
dance mother modern-woman
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. Lionel Blue
dancing singing acting
It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved. Linda Lavin
dangerous
Anything you don't understand is dangerous until you do understand it. Larry Niven
dancer
I wouldn't say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do. Lady Gaga
dancing littles snowflake
We are all shitty little snowflakes dancing in the universe. Lewis Black
dance france england
The further off from England the nearer is to France- Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance. Lewis Carroll
dance alice-adventures-in-wonderland
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance? Lewis Carroll
dance african-american care
A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for. Josephine Baker
dancing answers atoms
The Deadheads are doing the dance of life and this I would say is the answer to the atom bomb. Joseph Campbell
dancing ballet would-be
I've got used to the fact - just about - that whatever I do is going to be compared to the other Beatles. If I took up ballet dancing, my ballet dancing would be compared with Paul (McCartney)'s bowling. John Lennon
dancing car drivers
I've grown out of dancing in my car - is it sad? Or I've just become a better driver! Jim Parsons
dangerous-world practice insanity
The best we can do then, in response to our incomprehensible and dangerous world, is to practice holding equilibrium internally - no matter what insanity is transpiring out there. Elizabeth Gilbert
dance dancer threshold
Every dancer lives on the threshold of chucking it. Judith Jamison
dancer black world
Maybe its a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best. Judith Jamison
dance thinking white
I can't really hear the audience applause when I'm on stage. I'm totally immersed in the piece. But sometimes I get a lot of it and wonder, "Now, why did they applaud here?" If it's a white crowd, they usually applaud because they think it's a pretty movement. If it's a black crowd, it's usually because they identify with the message. Judith Jamison
dancing people giving
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. Judith Jamison
dance giving people
People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them. Judith Jamison
dance
One you have danced, you always dance. Judith Jamison
dancer silence looks
If you look at a dancer in silence, his or her body will be the music. If you turn the music on, that body will become an extension of what you're hearing. Judith Jamison
dance aspiration never-ending
Dance is about never-ending aspiration. Judith Jamison
dance hurt ifs
If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know. Katherine Dunham
dance dancing people
I had certain physical limitations that made me change the choreography for myself or made me more interested in choreography only rather than dancing. I have never been a person who wanted to just dance. I have always been interested in developing for other people. Katherine Dunham
dance essentials parts-of-life
You dance because you have to. Dance is an essential part of life that has always been with me. Katherine Dunham
dancer body range
If you just work on your upper body, you're not going to be a full-range dancer or performer. You've got to work in all directions as much as you possibly can. Karen Allen
dancing forever goes-on
Like everyone else, I want to go on dancing forever, but I know the day is going to come when I will have to be doing something else. Karen Kain