„One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.“
— Sheldon Kopp American psychotherapist 1929 - 1999
Quelle: Even a stone can be a teacher (1985), p. 11
„People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose: I was chosen to be a dancer, and, with that, you live all your life.“
I Am A Dancer (1952)
Quelle: Blood Memory
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US-amerikanische Tänzerin, Choreografin und Pädagogin 1894 - 1991Ähnliche Zitate
„Life is the dancer and you are the dance.“
— Eckhart Tolle German writer 1948
A New Earth (2005)
Quelle: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
— Martha Graham American dancer and choreographer 1894 - 1991
As quoted in "About Martha Graham" at the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance http://marthagraham.org/resources/aboutgraham.
— Gene Kelly American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer and choreographer 1912 - 1996
Quoted in "Gene Kelly's Musical Memories" by Rex Reed, in The Chicago Tribune (November 29, 1970)
„He's a genius…a classical dancer like I never saw in my life.“
— Fred Astaire American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter 1899 - 1987
Mikhail Baryshnikov in "Interview with Mike Wallace", 60 Minutes, CBS Television. February 18, 1979. (M).
„I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.“
— Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996
— Erika Jayne American singer, actress and television personality 1969
Erika Jayne interview to E! News http://www.eonline.com/news/924125/erika-jayne-s-diet-and-fitness-secrets-may-surprise-you (2018)
„As a dancer, I out-Fred the nimblest Astaire.“
— Fred Astaire American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter 1899 - 1987
P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster in Joy in the Morning (1947).
„I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer.“
— Andy Warhol American artist 1928 - 1987
— Protima Bedi Indian model and dancer 1948 - 1998
After learning Odissi dance, she toured all over the world performing Odissi dance and then settled in Switzerland but came back to establish a dance school. Quoted in in "I have been a hippie all my life".
— Ambrose Bierce American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist 1842 - 1914
Quelle: Epigrams, p. 358
— Balasaraswati Indian dancer 1918 - 1984
On her abhinaya (the art of expression'). Dance readings and musings Balasaraswati: Her Art and Life, 1 December 2013, Narthaki.com http://www.narthaki.com/info/bookrev/bkrev1a.html,
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— Gene Kelly American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer and choreographer 1912 - 1996
Quoted in "Gene Kelly's Musical Memories"
— Fred Astaire American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter 1899 - 1987
Fred Astaire in Time. "The New Pictures: 'Blue Skies'". October 14, 1946, p. 103. (M).
— Fred Astaire American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter 1899 - 1987
Rudolph Nureyev quoted in Cooke, Alistair. "Fred Astaire Obituary", Letter From America, BBC World Service, June 1987.
— Robert Fulghum American writer 1937
"The Lightness Of Being" (25 April 2007) Pack Creek Ranch, San Juan County, Utah http://robertfulghum.com/index.php/fulghumweb/entry/377_the_lightness_of_being/
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Kontext: The four of us are talking dancing, and laughing, and recalling the joys of being out on the floor and having that timeless feeling that comes from being caught up in the music. "Nobody should miss that," says Dave.
On the face of it, Dave's family and I don't have a lot in common. They're Mormons and Republicans. I'm a Unitarian and a Democrat. When Dave was on the County Council, we were on different sides of some important issues. I grew up a Southern Baptist in Texas where dancing was a mortal sin in the eyes of Almighty God, but coffee was OK. Dave grew up a Latter Day Saint where dancing was considered righteous – but not coffee.
But... we're dancers. And laughers. That's a strong bond right there. And we're committed to being useful in our world. And if you love something, like dancing, and you pass it on, like Dave and his wife do, you've been very useful by my standards. Dancing is a lifetime, equal opportunity sport.
And I will never drive by Dave's garage again without having the finest feelings for the man and his wife and mother who are inside taking good care of their corner of this world. They've added an important dimension to the lives of the young people of their town — that lightness of being that belongs to dancers.
