Quotes of: Ballet-dancer Keyword

It's hard with ballet because your aesthetic really is important. It's different from acting and from film. Nobody wants to watch somebody who is sickly thin. And it's interesting because I have danced with people who are ill, have eating disorders, ...

Amanda Schull

If you look at a dancer in silence, his or her body will be the music. If you turn the music on, that body will become an extension of what you're hearing.

Dancing Spirit: An Autobiography

Living for beauty is all very fine, but it’s a hard regimen and burns up the heart very quickly.

Dancer from the Dance

A moral man is essentially dumbfounded when confronted by a man who is amoral—everything the latter does is met with a certain disbelief.

Dancer from the Dance

You know, we queens loathed rain at the beach, small cocks, and reality, I think. In that order.

Dancer from the Dance

I remember the first time I felt that I was sharing the stage with someone spectacular was dancing with Beyonce. It was the dancers, the band, Beyonce and me in front of thousands of people. That was sick. It was pretty amazing that I got to travel t...

Harry Shum, Jr.

At Sarah Lawrence, I realized that everybody was already what they were going to be. The painters were painting, the writers writing, the dancers dancing. And nobody wore any makeup. The art was uppermost.

Alice Walker

I went to New York in 1974, to either try to get a record deal, get into the New York Art Student League, or be a dancer. So that was my plan. Some plan. And I had no money.

John Mellencamp

I’m a dyslexic dancer. Instead of leading the women, I follow. Quick, cab driver, follow that woman!

99 Cents For Some Nonsense

He was one of those earnest, persevering dancers--the kind that have taken twelve correspondence lessons.

The Man With Two Left Feet

A great band name would be Tickling Whiskers. Especially if the lead singer is a cat. I’d love to audition for backup dancer.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I always thought that family was the most important thing in life, and no matter what I do, whether being a chef or an actor or a dancer, being a dad is what I do best.

David Burtka

Try to be a whole person. Not just a night person, or a day person. Be the kind of person who can live in both.

The Midnight Dancers

I can actually feel the interior body of a dancer. I have the ability to capture a split second... I want you to be hit with whatever the essence is of this sculpture.

Richard MacDonald

Unless the clients want, I don't like to have dancers for my shows. I prefer a rock show look and like performing with a live band.

Shaan

My problem is: as a singer and a dancer, if I get it in my body one way, it is harder for me to be open to something new - to something else; to something that is really organically connected to the piece and not just to my perception of it.

Sharon Lawrence

I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action.

Sharni Vinson

The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.

Kahlil Gibran

As a dancer, it's hard because there's such a perfectionist quality that you really have to let go of while you're acting, because nobody wants to a watch a perfect person on screen.

Kathryn McCormick

I used to get made fun of a lot for being a male dancer, especially growing up in Boston. Kids are terrible, they don't realize how heavy words can be.

Kenny Wormald

Dancers have always been a kind of background image, we've always danced behind an artist or we've danced in a movie behind the actors. We've always been very secondary.

Lacey Schwimmer