Quotes About Dance

In India every child is passionate about dancing. Every state has its dance forms. I used to love bhangra in Delhi.

I was a ballerina, and everything I did in dance was delicate, pretty.

I didn't start out my directorial career with a dance film, as I knew people thought a choreographer will easily make a dance film. And even with a non-dance film, I had delivered a successful film.

I will do a dance number only if I'm convinced about how the director would present me. I'd do something only if the script demands.

I fell in love with art and music and dance and acting and how all those things can cultivate something really special and unique - depending on the performance and the show. That really kind of helped me develop my love of theater.

I love to laugh and dance. That's kind of my nature, though I end up always playing these angry, depressing characters.

In fact, I never gave up doing dance shows despite films and even started my own dance school.

In fact, I became popular in Kerala after I took part in a reality dance show and despite making my foray into films as an actress I make it a point to take part in stage shows whenever I find time.

I left school the day I turned 16, the earliest day I legally could. Determined to follow a life on stage, preferably with some dance connection, I applied for and won a place at the local drama school. I was on my way.

I always wanted to devote a certain part of my life to dance - my true being is to be a dancer.

It takes a lifetime of devotion to build your craft, your confidence, and the ability to sing and dance and act believably.

Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak.

I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.

Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don't really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head.

New York has a deep culture of house and dance music, and to be able to tap into that is my way of shutting off. I go to friends' parties and local spots around the area: places I can go to, have a dance, and forget about being an actor and the attention.

I took tap classes growing up.

I did ballet, tap and modern dance - I loved Janet Jackson with a passion - and I was good enough to star in lots of amateur shows.

I started with ballet, and once I started to really like it, I got into more - I did jazz and tap, and then kept going.

Tap is still the central driving force of my life. I think and talk in dance.

When I was 12, I was doing competitive jazz, tap and ballet in Michigan. The studio put the best dancers together, and I joined that. We always did really, really well in local competitions.

There are many different styles of, and approaches to, tap. My own leans towards a more intellectual view: tap dancing not just for the sake of entertainment but to educate and spark emotion.

When I was 13, I was a member of a women's over-40s tap class.

There are people who take tap class, do a tap dance. And then there are people who know the dance, who know why they take tap classes. Who know why they do 20 shuffles, or 50 shuffles, before they go on.

I was serious about ballet for a long time, but my mom got me into tap and jazz and modern and hip-hop, and I was one of those over-lessoned children.