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Quotes About Dance

Being a fan of dance and a dancer, I love my classic dance movies.
~ Stephen Boss
Ich finde sie lustig, ihre heutigen Tänze, lustig zum Schauen, diese existentialistische Hopserei, wo jeder für sich allein tanzt, seine eignen Faxen schwingt, verwickelt in die eignen Beine, geschüttelt wie von einem Schüttelfrost, alles etwas epileptisch, aber lustig, sehr temperamentvoll, muß ich sagen, aber ich kann das nicht.
~ Max Frisch
in Sante Fe time is not that shallow. There one can go deep into a continuity as the pueblos and the culture they represent take one back at least eight hundred years through a single Indian dance. For a European that continuity is life-giving.
~ May Sarton
Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?
~ Maya Angelou
Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?
~ Maya Angelou
Dancing liberated me and even made me feel as if my body had a reason to be
~ Maya Angelou
When I think about myself, I almost laugh myself to death, My life had been one great big joke, A dance that's walked, A song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke, When I think about myself.
~ Maya Angelou
Do people in the twenty-first century still dance? My heart beat thundered in my ears, far louder than the slow music. Um, I said, barely able to swallow, my throat had gone so dry. Sometimes. How about now? he asked. And then his strong arms were encircling my waist, his breath soft against my cheek as he gently whispered my name: Susannah. Susannah....
~ Meg Cabot
Susannah. My dance partner's breath was soft against my cheek. Susannah.... Yeah. In my dreams. In real life, the voice calling my name wasn't a bit masculine. That's because it belonged to a twelve-year-old boy.
~ Meg Cabot
her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth...
~ Megan Whalen Turner
In the evening, after we dance, he rarely returns to the throne; he dances with others or he moves from place to place through the room. The court thinks he is trying to be gracious, sharing his attention. Only I see that he moves always toward the empty spot and the court moves always after him. He is like a dog trying to escape its own tail. He indulged himself in one brief moment of privacy and almost died of it. Relius, he hates being king.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
sigh. "Matt, I know. But it ended up to be fun—going to the dance with Walker … and seeing you on the stage playing the drums. You rocked!" Matt grins. "It was fun—playing while you danced." Then his grin fades a little. "It wasn't fun seeing you dance with Walker, though." We
~ Melanie Marks
You're wrong, love. It's not a fairytale, I say, leading him to join the party so we can dance together. It's better. It's our life.
~ Melissa de la Cruz
Dancing had been how I knew I was alive. How I knew I was me. Without it, I somehow... wasn't.
~ Melissa Kantor
People think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just because the dance moves require it.
~ Shakira
Since 'Shamshera' is set in a particular time, the dance sequences require me to have a very Indian, very classical body language, which is why I started taking kathak classes to learn the nuances and the grace.
~ Vaani Kapoor
Jazzercise classes are a fun way for me to stay fit and dance - and it doesn't require a partner.
~ Cheryl Burke
To me, dance music is a lot of space - to listen to other things than melodies. I think club music and dance music really require a different way of listening.
~ Robyn
If I could put in 100 per cent effort to make a film, then a dance film would require that I put in 200 per cent. Making a regular film is much easier.
~ Prabhu Deva
While dancing you have to be feminine, and performing action requires you to be masculine.
~ Daisy Shah
Beyonce was very shy around children, and one of the reasons we put her in dance classes was so she'd have some little kid friends.
~ Tina Knowles
Dance really built my confidence on stage. I'm still a shy person. But I have a lot more confidence than I did when I started.
~ Leon Bridges
I love to dance, but the flip side is that I can't dance.
~ Siddharth Shukla
It felt like dancing was my only way of expressing myself until I got into writing, and then I realized that there were two sides of my brain that I needed to work all the time.
~ Tate McRae