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I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around...

Quotes by Matthew Bourne

People strangely revere dance. They see it as another world, and dancers are somehow mysterious - just because they don't speak.

Quotes by Matthew Bourne

Astaire never thought of what he was doing as balletic, but Kelly was always trying to dance with women on points. And his choreography is so showy and flashy. He always looks self-satisfied to me.

Quotes by Matthew Bourne

The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.

Quotes by Mata Hari

I have the feeling that a lot of poets writing now are - they sort of tap dance through it.

Quotes by Mary Oliver

In yoga, you hold the positions, whereas in dance, you're constantly moving, extending, reaching through the legs and arms, which helps build long, lean muscles as opposed to shorter, tighter ones.

Quotes by Mary Helen Bowers

If people tell you it's impossible, it's an even better reason to want to do it. People have a tendency to see the problem rather than the final result. If you treat the problems as possibilities, life will start to...

Quotes by Martin Villeneuve

I can't dance on ice, because I'm like Bambi on ice.

Quotes by Martine McCutcheon

Disco music in the '70s was just a call to go wild and party and dance with no thought or conscience or regard for tomorrow.

Quotes by Martha Reeves

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

Quotes by Martha Graham

We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.

Quotes by Martha Graham

Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.

Quotes by Martha Graham

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

Quotes by Martha Graham

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

Quotes by Martha Graham

I've taken classes most of my life, and it's no secret among my friends I want to be in a movie about dance. Maybe 'Step Up 2,' with the delightful Channing Tatum.

Quotes by Marsha Thomason

I didn't grow up on dance class. I was always natural. I've been in the industry since I was eight and I've always had a choreographer since then. But I never really took ballet or anything like that.

Quotes by Marques Houston

If you like reading, you are allowed to like to dance and to like to sing and to like to act.

Quotes by Marley Dias

When something is written for you or handed to you, sometimes there's a very interesting dance as you discover what it is that's required.

Quotes by Mark Sheppard

No dance has ever turned out the way I thought it would, because I trust enough that I can start something with some ideas and then it takes itself somewhere.

Quotes by Mark Morris

It never occurred to me that I'd have a dance company.

Quotes by Mark Morris

Frequently Asked Questions

How intensely do these speakers feel about dance?
Very. One puts it in the strongest possible terms: "if I don't dance, I'd rather die." It's a striking way of showing just how central dance is to their identity.
Is there a quote about living fully in the moment through dance?
Yes, a beautiful one: "think about exactly what you're doing right now and live it and dance it and breath it and be it." It ties dance to a bigger philosophy of presence, not just movement.
What role did dance play growing up, according to these quotes?
For one speaker, it was formative and protective — they "started in dance classes when I was, like, seven years old," and explain the arts more broadly helped keep their "mind focused" growing up in "South Central Los Angeles." For more on the people who make dance their craft, see our Dancer quotes.
Can dance be used to explore ideas beyond just movement?
Yes — one speaker describes a piece meant to translate abstract ideas, referencing Einstein, into movement, explaining they were "trying to convert his ideas into movement." It shows dance can be a way of communicating concepts, not just emotion.
Where can I find more dance-related content?
Our Dance Floor and Dance Music pages capture more of the energy around dancing, and our Dances collection rounds out the theme nicely.

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