In Degas’s compositions with several dancers, their steps, postures and gestures often resemble the almost geometric, formal letters of an alphabet, whereas their bodies and heads are recalcitrant, sinuous and individual. – John Berger
I sent 200, 300 of the clothes that I had made, and the dancers chose what they liked. – Issey Miyake
Choreography is mentally draining, but there’s a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music. – Alvin Ailey
Actors are born, good actors are trained. Dancers are born, good dancers are trained. – Mithun Chakraborty
I’ve always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, ‘Well, he’s more of a dancer.’ And dancers say, ‘No. He’s really a singer.’ And singers say, ‘No. He’s an actor.’ – Dick Van Dyke
Dancers have always been a kind of background image, we’ve always danced behind an artist or we’ve danced in a movie behind the actors. We’ve always been very secondary. – Lacey Schwimmer
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. – Martha Graham
I have a lot of relatives that were dancers and musicians and artists. They basically came out of the womb doing it. – Sarah Hay