100 Quotes by Ann Reinking

Fosse would say that it's important to trust silence. He very much liked the use of the tacit, or silent, count, where nothing is happening. He also liked percussion. His is a world of angular movement and mystery, quiet, semi-taciturn and percussive.

One of the reasons I like to teach is that I like to pass things on. That's an unspoken law of show business.

I learn from teaching. Having to break things down and explain them makes me a better dancer.

The Fosse technique really does have to have a delicacy and an elegance to it.

I had a small speaking part in 'Coco.' Katharine Hepburn said to me, 'You can act.' Wasn't that nice?

Michael Bennett, Tommy Tune and Agnes de Mille fought to be director-choreographers. They were just not going to do it any other way because the choreographer is so often at the bottom of the creative totem pole when you put a show together. So with that power you get a more direct point-of-view and that helps something called style.

It's all cyclical. Sometimes things just come in packs. At one point you had this collection of great choreographers where you would see eight bars and you would know definitely who did it.

Creativity is not a mysterious thing, it's a historical thing.

'Dancin' was exceptionally significant. I was in an original Broadway show and nominated for a Tony.