DANCE QUOTES II

quotations about dance & dancing

Dance quote

I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.

MARGARET ATWOOD

Lady Oracle


Eschew the dance, lest it provoke thee to wantonness.

ST. WULFSTAN

attributed, Day's Collacon


If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean of preconceptions and fears. When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you.

PAULO COELHO

The Witch of Portobello


Are you ready for a brand new beat?
Summer's here and the time is right
For dancing in the streets

GRATEFUL DEAD

"Dancing in the Street"


Many a girl who can't dance well makes up for it during intermission.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quips & Quotes


They would leave out the words, and fall to dancing.
The poetry of the foot takes most of late.

JOHN DRYDEN

The Rival Ladies


When some men dance they're all feet, and when they stop they're all hands.

EVAN ESAR

20,000 Quips & Quotes


We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

JAPANESE PROVERB


Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

BOB DYLAN

"Mr. Tambourine Man"


Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays.

GEORGE BALANCHINE

attributed, Quote Unquote


Our talent for unconscious entrainment lies at the core of dance, a confluence of movement, rhythm and gestural representation. By far the most synchronized group practice, dance demands a type of interpersonal coordination in space and time that is almost nonexistent in other social contexts.

STEVEN BROWN

Scientific American, Jul. 2008


Somebody just gave me a shower radio. Thanks a lot. Do you really want music in the shower? I guess there's no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door.

JERRY SEINFELD

Seinlanguage


Dance is about saying something. If you ain't got nothin' to say, get off the dance floor.

LAVAUGHN ROBINSON

attributed, Hip Hop Dance: Meanings and Messages


When you do dance, I wish you
A wave o' th' sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

The Winter's Tale


I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate,
She shivers like the jelly on a plate.

ARMAND J. PIRON

"Shimmy like Kate"


To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

JANE AUSTEN

Pride and Prejudice


You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching.

WILLIAM W. PURKEY

attributed, Poems of Life: Thoughts of Human Experiences


My dancing days are done.

BEAUMONT & FLETCHER

The Scornful Lady


No more poison
Killing my emotion
I will not be frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh
Stop stop praying
'Cause I'm not not playing
I'm not frozen
Dancing is my remedy, remedy, oh

LITTLE BOOTS

"Remedy"


Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

ECKHART TOLLE

A New Earth