Dancer Quotes - Page 23

• I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be.

  Candice Swanepoel

  Growing Up, Ballet, Would Be

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I really wanted to make it as a ballet dancer to make my mom proud. But it didnt happen.

  Tracy Anderson

  Mom, Ballet, Proud

  "Teeny, tiny body, anyone?". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2009.

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• My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz.

  Rachel Stevens

  Ballet, Jazz, Trainers

  "Rachel Stevens on her dream weekend". Interview with Mirror.co.uk, www.mirror.co.uk. September 24, 2011.

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• I'm still trying to change the way people see black dancers that we can become delicate dancers, that we can be a ballerina.

  Michaela DePrince

  People, Black, Trying

  "Teen dancer Michaela DePrince", www.cnn.com. August 29, 2012.

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• An athletic man, or whatever you want to call him, will only look good in a very classic suit, a pair of classic jeans, athletic clothes or simply naked. Forget fashion. This is not going to happen, unless you want to look like a Chippendales dancer in designer clothes.

  Hedi Slimane

  Fashion, Men, Jeans

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• My investigation of movement has led me to choices which vary from traditional norms. My dancers and I see the rehearsal as a laboratory for testing scientific principles on the body. We invent action ideas which we think are archetypal, noticeable, understandable. The outcome is a mixture of slam dancing, exquisite and amazing human flight and a wild action sport which captures kids, older people and the general public’s hearts and minds and bodies.

  Elizabeth Streb

  Sports, Kids, Heart

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• Somewhere in there the grace of a ballet dancer joins with the strength of an SAS squaddie, the dignity of an ancient kind, the nerve of a bomb disposal officer.

  Eamon Dunphy

  Soccer, Football, Media

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• I always thought I was going to be a dancer and then fashion kind of took over.

  Monique Lhuillier

  Fashion, Kind

  "The designer making Rihanna, Scarlett and Gwyneth look good". Interview with Felicia Taylor, www.cnn.com. May 10, 2012.

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• I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me, I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.

  Madonna Ciccone

  People, Buttons, Singers

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• To see the clothes in movement like that, to create for dancers, is special.

  Isabel Toledo

  Clothes, Special, Movement

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• The young artist of today need no longer say 'I am a painter,' or 'a poet,' or 'a dancer.' He is simply an 'artist.' All of life will be open to him.

  Allan Kaprow

  Artist, Needs, Today

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• There are so many things I want to do. Like, I want to get an artist, a musician, a photographer, and a bunch of dancers that I know and just travel across Africa and just film it and just see what happens. Do and learn as much as I possibly can. Luckily, I have a lot more time.

  Channing Tatum

  Artist, Musician, Want

  "Channing Tatum on his stripper past: 'I don't regret one thing'". www.mtv.com. February 15, 2011.

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• Civil servants and priests, soldiers and ballet-dancers, schoolmasters and police constables, Greek museums and Gothic steeples, civil list and services list -- the common seed within which all these fabulous beings slumber in embryo is taxation.

  Karl Marx

  Museums, Civilization, Greek

  Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (1976). “Collected works”

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• In the beginning, all I wanted to do was to be a singer and a dancer. That was my real groove, my real interest. When it came to doing films, my biggest goal was to do a commercial.

  Wesley Snipes

  Real, Goal, Singers

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• I am not a natural dancer.

  Ricki Lake

  Natural

  "Ricki Lake On ‘Brutal’ ‘DWTS’ Journey, Being In Love" By Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 24, 2011.

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• Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my introduction into the professional world of performing was a stint as back up dancer for Lionel Richie and I performed at the closing ceremony at the '84 Olympics.

  Cuba Gooding, Jr.

  Actors, World, Olympics

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• My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship.

  Anton du Beke

  World, Championship, Being The Best

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• It's great that ballroom dancing is being recognised. For many years ballroom dancers were misunderstood and other dance forms didn't want anything to do with us.

  Anton du Beke

  Years, Dancing, Misunderstood

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• My goal is to be the best TV presenter, the best entertainer, the best singer. I still want to be the best dancer. I want to be the best at everything I do.

  Anton du Beke

  Goal, Tvs, Want

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• Too many multi-vitamins are packaged as one size fits all, but you should be more specific about what you need. When I was competing as a dancer, I took zinc for healthy skin and immune system.

  Anton du Beke

  Zinc, Healthy, Skins

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• I always recommend a sensible diet, including lots of carbohydrates and avoiding too much fat. Dancers don't need different fuel from other people - they just need more of it because they use more energy.

  Deborah Bull

  People, Energy, Different

  "Nutrition" by Kate Smith, www.ascendingstardance.com.

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• I get enough sleep. I take very good care of myself. Growing up as a dancer, you know your body so well, you know what to do to overcome something.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Growing Up, Sleep, Body

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• I will say a lot of dancers do such beautiful things for their body and then they smoke a cigarette. I've never been a smoker, but I realized after taking yoga . . . in ballet you're not encouraged to do a lot of breathing. I think in a weird way, a lot of dancers find relief in actually breathing.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Beautiful, Yoga, Thinking

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• You have to be a little crazy to be a dancer.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Crazy, Littles

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• No one can hand you anything as a dancer. You have to earn it.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Hands

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