1240 quotes by dancers for you to enjoy

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time. Alvin Ailey

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When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. Anna Pavlova

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The retirement timing is always a tricky thing for a dancer. I think it's different for everyone. How you say goodbye to the thing you have really focused on that much is a tough one. I've always intended to leave in good shape, to exit on a high note. Damian Woetzel

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On Boxing Day, we always go for a walk in our wellies with the dogs, no matter where we are. Darcey Bussell

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It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top. Deborah Bull

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I suppose women are attracted to the bad-boy image sometimes because it's fun to have an adventure. It's like eating junk food... it's fun at the time, but ultimately not the best choice. Dita Von Teese

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Physical beauty isn't so impressive to me. Dita Von Teese

Me Beauty Physical Impressive

The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm. Gelsey Kirkland

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The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. George Balanchine

Beautiful Man Woman Garden Purely Female Ballet Gardener Thing Flowers

The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul. Isadora Duncan

Soul Dancer Simply Manifestation Body Luminous

If you want to do something, just do it. No one is going to do it for you. Jaime Pressly

You Just Do It Something No-One Going Just Want

I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity. Josephine Baker

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Americans, the eyes of the world are upon you. How can you expect the world to believe in you and respect your preaching of democracy when you yourself treat your colored brothers as you do? Josephine Baker

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The hate directed against the colored people here in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling because when I was a little girl I remember the horror of the East St. Louis race riot. Josephine Baker

If I get a commission, it's like a flood of creative thought and energy. Justin Peck

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I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness. Len Goodman

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Life forms illogical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return? Margot Fonteyn

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

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Prince was outside his dressing room, shaking one of those little Easter egg maracas. His hair was straightened to a soft wave; his eyelashes were unfairly lovely. He smelled like the most expensive shelf in the Sephora perfume aisle. This man wearing eyeliner, heels and ladies' perfume somehow managed to be more masculine than the burly bodyguard. Mayte Garcia

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No matter what I try to do or explore, my Kirov training, my expertise, and my background call me to return to dancing after all, because that's my real vocation, and I have to serve it. Mikhail Baryshnikov

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I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up with these Communist doctrines and you were hassled all the time with members of the Party committee who were KGB, what you have to do, where in the West you can go or not to go. Mikhail Baryshnikov

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