Quotes by Dance Oh, 'tis jesting, dancing, drinking A. E. Housman dancing dance drinking I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do. Aaliyah dance inspirational laughing During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so I ended up on my ass followed by the most unsightly backward roll out of it, followed by the cast falling over in laughter and a good portion of the audience too. Adam Garcia laughter dance inspirational When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it. Adam Lambert dance inspirational moving There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there. Adam Lambert dance artist inspirational 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 dance beautiful inspirational The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie. Agnes de Mille women dance lying Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion. Agnes de Mille ballet passion dance The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously. Agnes de Mille dance winning writing If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians. Agnes de Mille dance song looks But remember that intent is everything. One does not just jump, one lifts into the air, one rises. In the same way the lifted leg of an arabesque becomes a wing, and not a mechanical leverage like a raised trap door. This is the precise difference between dancing and acrobatics. The dancer tries to express something; the acrobat merely pulls, raises, stretches and grinds. The acrobat is lost in a web of muscles the dancer is all but invisible in projected idea. Agnes de Mille dance wings ideas When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience. I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music. Agnes de Mille performing dance steps Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play. Agnes de Mille dance play The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend. Agnes de Mille dance mirrors practice A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. Agnes de Mille calves ballet dance The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary. Agnes de Mille dance journey lying Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible Agnes de Mille ballet technique dance Dancing is such a despised and dishonored trade that if you tell a doctor or a laywer you do choreography he'll look at you as if you were a hummingbird. Dancers don't get invited to visit people. It is assumed a boy dancer will run off with the spoons and a girl with the head of the house. Agnes de Mille girl dance running To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea. Agnes de Mille space dance ideas Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming. Agnes de Mille toes dancing dance 1234567891011»