1,434 Quotes About Dance

  • Author George Balanchine
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    Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there's already a plot.

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  • Author George Balanchine
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    One is born to be a dancer. No teacher can work miracles, nor will years of training make a good dancer of an untalented pupil. One may be able to acquire a certain technical facility, but no one can ever 'acquire an exceptional talent.' I have never prided myself on having an unusually gifted pupil. A Pavlova is no one's pupil but God's.

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  • Author Jackson Browne
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    Do the steps that you've been shown, by everyone you've ever known, until the dance becomes your very own.

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  • Author Jose Bergamin
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    There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.

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  • Author Jose Bergamin
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    Morality measured in centimeters: all mothers believe that only their daughters dance decently.

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  • Author Joseph Biden
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    We are rolling the dice with you, Judge. It's kind of interesting, this Kabuki dance we have in these hearings here, as if the public doesn't have a right to know what you think about fundamental issues facing them.

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