#dance

Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#back #believe #came #dance #delivered

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself. ↗

— James Allen

#coerce #command #guidance #him #himself

I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded about the dance, or the dance company. ↗

— Tori Amos

#before #bucket #closed-minded #company #compose

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#almost #been #big #choke #dance

I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting. ↗

— Sasha Alexander

#actually #dancer #exotic #i #out

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#arms #being #being human #dance #dancing

I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it. ↗

— Victoria Beckham

#acting #could #dancer #i #i can

There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

#create #creative #dance #dancers #environment

The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#art #art form #attendance #ever #form

If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#ballet dancer #clumsy #counts #dancer #falls