Dance Quotes

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.
~ Agnes de Mille ~


The curve is more dangerous than the sword.
~ Mae West ~


When I dance, I cannot judge, I cannot hate, I cannot separate myself from life. I can only be joyful and whole, that is why I dance.
~ Hans Bos ~


I told you to sell it, not give it away.
~ Jerome Robbins ~

To dance is to be out of yourself, larger, more powerful, more beautiful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.
~ Agnes de Mille ~


The dance is over, the applause subsided but the joy and feeling will stay with you forever.
~ W. M. Tory ~


Don't be afraid to be amazing.
~ Andy Offutt Irwin ~


Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.
~ Angela Monet ~


Get your body out of the way and let your spirit soar!
~ Ibrahim Farrah ~


To understand the culture, study the dance. To understand the dance, study the people.
~ Chuck Davis ~


Whosoever knoweth the power of the dance, dwelleth in God.
~ Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi ~


The audience's ears hear the music, and their eyes see you being that music. Dance is the music made visible. You ARE the music!
~ Morocco ~


I get up. I walk. I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing.
~ Hillel ~


I explained it when I danced it.
~ Dame Margot Fonteyn ~
(when asked to explain a performance)


1. Beginning dancer. Knows nothing.
2. Intermediate dancer. Knows everything. Too good to dance with beginners.
3. Hotshot dancer. Too good to dance with anyone.
4. Advanced dancer. Dances everything. Especially with beginners.
~ Attributed to Dick Crum, a folk dance teacher ~


Do it big, do it right, and do it with style.
~ Fred Astaire ~


The more you understand the music, the easier you can dance.
~ Orlando Gutinez ~


If I can not dance, I shall die!
~ Anna Pavlova ~


The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
~ Norman Vincent Peale ~


It is never too late to be what you might have been.
~ George Eliot ~


The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.
~ La Meri ~


When I give, I give myself.
~ Walt Whitman ~


Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.
~ Agnes De Mille ~


Everything in the universe has rhythm. Everything dances.
 ~ Maya Angelou ~


Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great, make you feel that you too can become great.
~ Mark Twain ~


The dancer cannot be separated from the dance, she also cannot be separated from the history of dancing, from the line of dancers and teachers leading to her.
~ The Dancer and the Dance (film) ~


Where there is no heart there is no art.
~ Anna Pavlova ~


Dance is the hidden language of the soul.
~ Martha Graham ~


The Dance instills in you something that sets you apart. Something heroic and remote.
~ Edgar Degas ~


If God has given you a talent, it is a sin to waste it.
~ Sister Francis Therese, St. Benedict Joseph Labre Catholic School, Queens, New York ~


If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.
~ Unknown ~


Thank God that you are able to dance...Remember there are those who cannot even walk.
~ Unknown ~


If you can talk, you can sing. If you can walk, you can dance.
~ African Proverb ~


Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great, make you feel that you too can become great.
~ Mark Twain ~


Lose yourself in the music, the moment - you own it.
~ Eminem ~


Listen to the silence as it echoes around you. Ancient spirits dance to it.
~ Amber Coverdale Sumrall ~


When you fall, try it again... everyone falls the first time!
~ Dave Dodson ~


Dance every performance as if it were your last.
~ Erik Bruhn ~


Success will win you false friends and true enemies - succeed anyway.
~ Mother Teresa ~


He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor.
~ Hindu proverb ~


I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.
~ Mihkail Baryshnikov ~


To touch, to move, to inspire. This is the true gift of dance.
~ Aubrey Lynch ~


Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another.
 ~ Unknown~


'The Dance' is what we are all here to serve.
~ Maestro Hector Zaraspe ~


I have no desire to prove anything by my work. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means of expressing myself. I just dance.
~ Fred Astaire ~


Strong and convincing art has never arisen from theories.
~ Mary Wigman ~


Being a dancer is just an extension of being a human being.
~ Tovaris Wilson ~


Dance is like wine it matures with every performance.
~ Alarmel Valli ~


The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
~ Martha Graham ~


Technical perfection is insufficient. It is an orphan without the true soul of the dancer.
~ Sylvie Guillem ~


No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
~ Martha Graham ~


The dance goes on forever. So shall I. So shall we.
~ Gelsey Kirkland~


Without love, all worship is a burden, all dancing is a chore, all music is mere noise.
 ~ Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi ~