Pastoral Resources

People know that they're going to see something which is entertaining but challenging as well because of the form it's in. It's dance theatre and it requires you to use your imagination - it's not straight forward.

My mother had been a country and western singer but when she moved out to Hollywood found it very difficult to get work so when I was born they put me into dance classes and singing classes as soon as I could walk actually.

In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.

Dance, vaudeville, drama, movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.

I think I can beat Usher on the dance floor.

I love attention. If I see a gang of girls? That makes me dance even more!

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.

Dance every performance as if it were your last.

I do take class because I still dance, and yes, I do slip into class with the Royal Ballet from time to time.

I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly not all tutus! So experience of other dance forms is a good idea.

For me, it's like biking around the neighborhood, the walks and stuff, because I have never enjoyed the gym. Or I'll do, since I used to dance a lot, all the old dance exercises.

On the other hand, I was very much interested in the way people behaved, the human dance, how they seemed to move around each other. I wanted to play around with that.

There are very few dance companies in the world and you have to be phenomenal. You have to not be injured. You have to have a really strong mind to deal with the dance world. People who can do it are amazing to me. You cannot have a life outside of dance.

You're being cast for your acting ability. It's not based on the way your body functions. If you're playing a lead in a movie, it's for that character and they'll tailor it to you. In a dance company, you have to fit in a definite mold.

Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started.

Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists.

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration.