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Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut.
I like to express myself inside of the work that is given, and I let the dancers do the same.
I wouldn't say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
Compared to professional dancers, I'm obviously not professional but I do love to dance so much.
My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.
I love the noise of my wooden clogs on my wooden floor. Dancers wear clogs. They're good for you.
I'd say the only time I ever get nervous is around great ballet dancers or people I really admire.
When I was a dancer, I would see that dancers were treated like garbage. I mean like, like extras.
One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline.
I sew my own shoes. Other male dancers don't, but I like it one way, and I've learned to do it that way.
After 'The Blues Brothers,' I wanted to do a good musical number with real dancers and shoot it correctly.
If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes.
I've had a lot of little girls write to me saying that they want to be dancers and that I've inspired them.
Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.
Show dancing stood very well on its own a long time ago with dancers like Bill Robinson and Marilyn Miller.
Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.
The best thing about working on a movie with dancers is that we would get to have dance parties all the time!
Chorus Line' opened things up a bit. Any show that's successful does that. But 'Chorus Line' was about dancers.
I dug up my dad's old Fred Astaire tapes, and now I find him super-inspiring. He's, like, one of the best dancers.
I would not correct dancers if I was performing, because I don't believe in performers correcting other performers.
I have a lot of relatives that were dancers and musicians and artists. They basically came out of the womb doing it.
Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.
For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.
Ballet Hispanico is far from Irish, and, though it has strong dancers, its Spanishness has always left me unconvinced.
Item song dancers like Silk Smitha and Jayamalini have become irrelevant. The heroines are doing those dances themselves.
I like to be around dancers who are totally committed to the art form, totally committed to the men and women around them.
For the 'Heaven' stage, the dancers and I don't use wires so we are slowly slipping down the stage if you see us up close.
I'm very smart when it comes to choosing dancers and trying to show the world that there's a whole lot of dancing going on.
The human voice deployed to recite the Vedas and later aid the temple dancers was paramount before any instruments emerged.
I know it's a guy thing to chest bump, but me and my dancers chest bump before hitting the stage. Not too hard though...ouch!
The Kirov is a great ballet company because it has so many terrific dancers, but it doesn't always know what to do with them.
I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.
Gene Kelly was one of the greatest dancers of all time and a taskmaster. He sought from you the absolute best - and he got it.
It's not a secret - I'm literally one of the best dancers in the world! I mean, not everyone would necessarily agree with that.
There are always younger and better dancers fighting to get your place. You get worn down by the fight to try to stay at the top.
With my work, it's not possible to just cast a production and leave it. I have to nurture the group of dancers to make it happen.
I am into belly dancing. I used to only hang with comics. Now I have friends who are dancers, and my whole house has a harem feel.
Ballet needs figures that people can recognize and relate to. People don't know ballet dancers as well as they know other artists.
When I first moved to New York, I was friends with a lot of dancers - people from Merce Cunningham's company and things like that.
I knew what my scripts would say before I opened them: 'Enter Conchita.' I played handmaidens, Indian squaws, and Mexican dancers.
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.
Dancers are kept in a perpetual state of pre-puberty, and for young girls in particular, that type of pressure breeds insecurities.
We got a gay following around the time we started using camp dancers who were stripped to the waist in cycling shorts and aviators.
Dancers use their bodies in extraordinary ways, so we are chronically pre-arthritic, because of how we use our muscles and our bones.
Dancers know how to move their arms and their hands. But I don't know the first thing about how to move my arms and hands gracefully.
I was dancing on Broadway for many years. Then everyone was either getting injured or retiring, and I was dancing with younger dancers.
The highest heels I do are six-inch heels - but mostly only dancers can wear them, since they are used to being on point in ballet shoes.
In Hindi cinema, the cabaret dancers were eased out when the heroines imbibed their mannerisms. This could happen in Malayalam cinema too.
I can conduct and play musical instruments, but dancers' counting is different - they only go to eight beats, which doesn't relate to a bar.