Embark on a rhythmic journey with our collection of Dance Quotes that encapsulate the enchanting language of movement.Each quote is a step into the world where words pirouette and emotions waltz,expressing the unspoken joy of dance.From the graceful twirls to the energetic beats,these quotes celebrate the universal language that is dance.Join us as we explore the profound reflections and insights encapsulated in these Dance Quotes,inviting you to sway with the melodies of inspiration and the poetry of motion.
Dance Quotes: 
1.“Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.”–Martha Graham
2.“The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music.Bodies never lie.”–Agnes de Mille 
3.“Dancers are the athletes of God.” – Albert Einstein 
4.“Do it big;do it right;and do it with style.”–Fred Astaire 
5.“When the music changes,so does the dance.”–African proverb 
6.“The problem is not making up the steps,but deciding which ones to keep.” – Mikhail Baryshnikov 
7.“Do a loony-goony dance,‘cross the kitchen floor,put something silly in the world that ain’t been there before.”–Shel Silverstein 
8.“I think dancing is a man’s game and if he does it well he does it better than a woman.”–Gene Kelly 
9.“Dancing:the vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music.”–George Bernard Shaw 
10.“Dancing is creating a sculpture that is visible only for a moment.”–Erol Ozan
Nice Dance Quotes: 
11.“You have to love dancing to stick to it.It gives you nothing back,no manuscripts to store away,no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums,no poems to be printed and sold,nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive.”–Merce Cunningham 
12.“The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.”–Mata Hari 
13.“Talk about dance?Dance is not something to talk about.Dance is to dance.”–Peter Saint James 
14.“Every dance is a kind of fever chart,a graph of the heart.”–Martha Graham 
15.“Dance is the timeless interpretation of life.”–Shah Asad Rizvi
16.“Dance is your pulse,your heartbeat,your breathing.It’s the rhythm of your life.It’s the expression in time and movement,in happiness,joy,sadness and envy.”–Jaques D’Ambroise 
17.“Dance is the poetic baring of the soul through motion.”–Scott Nilsson 
18.“Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.”–Ted Shawn 
19.“Dance is the movement of the universe concentrated in an individual.” – Isadora Duncan 
20.“Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.”– Mikhail Baryshnikov 
Wonderful Dance Quotes: 
21.“Dance is not endangered – it will always find a way to express itself.” – Judith Jamison 
22.“Dance is like life,it exists as you’re flitting through it,and when it’s over, it’s done.” – Jerome Robbins 
23.“Dance is for everybody.I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.” – Alvin Ailey 
24. “Dance is certainly a sport,and they are phenomenal athletes,and they’re also artists.”–Neve Campbell 
25.“Dance is a song of the body.Either of joy or pain.”–Martha Graham
26.“Dance is a great way to express yourself.”–Darcey Bussell 27.“Dance is a delicate balance between perfection and beauty.” 
28.“Dancing is wonderful training for girls,it’s the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it.”–Christopher Morley 
29.“Dancing is the world’s favorite metaphor.”–Kristy Nilsson 
31“Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyone’s toes,pretty much the same as life.”–Robert Brault 
32.“Dancing is surely the most basic and relevant of all forms of expression. Nothing else can so effectively give outward form to an inner experience.” – Lyall Watson 
33.“Dancing is silent poetry.” – Simonides 
34.“Dancing is my obsession.My life.” – Mikhail Baryshnikov 
35.“Dancing is just discovery, discovery,discovery.”– Martha Graham 
36.“Dancing is more than just moving body parts;it is a pathway of expressing your deepest inner thoughts.”–Normani Kordei 
37.“Dancing is like riding a bike.”–Jamie Bell 
38.“Dancing is like dreaming with your feet.”–Constanze 
39.“Dancing is like bank robbery.It takes split-second timing.”–Twyla Tharp 
40.“Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.”–George Bernard Shaw 
Short Dance Quotes: 
41.“When in doubt,dance it out.” 
42.“When you feel sad,dance.” 
43.“You can dance anywhere,even if only in your heart.” 
44.“You live as long as you dance.”–Rudolf Nureyev 
45.“Any kind of dancing is better than no dancing at all.”–Lynda Barr
46.“Daily dance uplifts the soul to spiritual realms.”–Lailah Gifty Akita 
47.“Dance first.Think later.It’s the natural order.”–Samuel Beckett 
48.“Dance enables you to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time.” 
49.“Dance from your heart and let your passion shine through.”–The Dance Mum 
51.“Dancers are instruments,like a piano the choreographer plays.”–George Balanchine 
52.“Dancing with the feet is one thing,but dancing with the heart is another.” 
53.“Do not be frightened,friend.Let us dance our way to God.”–Kamand Kojouri 
54.“Every savage can dance.”–Jane Austen 
55.“Every time I dance,I’m trying to prove myself to myself.”–Misty Copeland 
56.“Hard times require furious dancing.”–Alice Walker 
57.“How can we know the dancer from the dance.”–William Butler Yeats 
58.“I dance to the beat of a different drummer.”–RuPaul 
59.“I don’t want people who want to dance,I want people who have to dance.”–George Balanchine 
60.“I could believe only in a God who would know how to dance.”–Friedrich Nietzsche
Cute Dance Quotes: 
61.“I just like to hop up on the dance floor and do my thing.”–Kyle Massey 
62.“I was told that when I’m dancing,I give off the feeling of a rainy day.”–Rain 
63.“I would like to dance.Not professionally, just when everyone else does.”–Stephen Fry 
64.“I’m going to dance in all the galaxies.”–Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 
65.“If I can’t dance,I don’t want to be part of your revolution.”–Emma Goldman 
66.“If you stumble,make it part of the dance.” 
67.“In my dreams,I am not crippled.In my dreams,I dance.”–Louise Brooks 
68.“Life is a dance.Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.”–Amit Ray 
69.“Life is the dancer and you are the dance.”–Eckhart Tolle 
70. “Life may not be the party we hoped for,but while we’re here we should dance.”
Happy Dance Quotes: 
71.“Never trust spiritual leader who cannot dance.”–Mr. Miyagi 
72.“Nobody cares if you can’t dance well.Just get up and dance.”–Dave Barry 
73.“Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.”–H. Jackson Brown, Jr. 
74.“Poetry is an echo,asking a shadow to dance.”–Carl Sandburg 
75. “To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak.”–Hopi Indian
76.“What we want from modern dance is courage and audacity.”–Twyla Tharp 
77.“When I dance,I forget everything else and just feel completely happy.”–Katherine Jenkins 
78.“When you dance,you can enjoy the luxury of being you.”–Paulo Coelho 
79.“Poetry is to prose as dancing is to walking.”–John Wain 
80.“There are short-cuts to happiness,and dancing is one of them.”–Vicki Baum 
Famous Dance Quotes: 
81..“I learned to appreciate repetition.That’s why I can dance.It’s how I learned to act.I have a high tolerance for repetition.” – Channing Tatum 
82.“An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer.You choreograph the moves and you let the director,cinematographer take into positioning their cameras.”–Donnie Yen 
83.“Dance is the only art in which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.” – Ted Shawn 
84.“Dance,when you’re broken open.Dance,if you’ve torn the bandage off.Dance in the middle of the fighting.Dance in your blood.Dance when you’re perfectly free.”–Rumi 
85 “Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education;dancing with the feet,with ideas,with words,and,need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen.”–Friedrich Nietzsche 
86.“Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath,kick off your shoes, and dance.”–Oprah Winfrey 
87.“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance;one cannot fly into flying.”–Friedrich Nietzsche 
88.“I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer.For the dance is his ideal.”–Friedrich Nietzsche 
89.“I do not try to dance better than anyone else.I only try to to dance better than myself.”–Mikhail Baryshnikov 
91.“Let us read,and let us dance;these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”–Voltaire 
92.“Life is sweet when you pay attention.When it doesn’t seem sweet,put a sticker on your nose and do a funky dance.” – Whitney Scott 
93.“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” – Friedrich Nietzsche 
94.“We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.” – Japanese Proverb 
95.“Please send me your last pair of shoes,worn out with dancing as you mentioned in your letter,so that I might have something to press against my heart.”–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 
96.“If you believe that your best years are behind you,you’ve guaranteed they are;I’m going to dance into that good night,with the oldies turned up loud.”–Gina Barreca 
97.“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”–Rabindranath Tagore 
98.“Life is like dancing.If we have a big floor,many people will dance.Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.” – Don Miguel Ruiz 
99.“Live like you’ll die tomorrow,work like you don’t need the money,and dance like nobody’s watching.”–Bob Fosse 
100.“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.”–Martha Graham
Great Dance Quotes: 
101.“Socrates learned to dance when he was seventy because he felt that an essential part of himself had been neglected.” 
102.“Sometimes in life confusion tends to arise and only dialogue of dance seems to make sense.”–Shah Asad Rizvi 
103.“The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures,but radically altered in tone and intensity.” –Robert Gottlieb 
104.“Dancing is like–it’s another way of communicating,no?”–Mauricio Macri 
105.“Dance is like dreaming with your feet.” – Constanze Mozart
106.“Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.”–Martha Graham 
107.“Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.” – Shah Asad Rizvi 
108.“I enjoy the freedom of modern dance as well as the constraints of classical dance.” – Deborah Bull 
109.“Dance every performance as if it were your last.” – Erik Bruhn
110.“People come to see beauty,and I dance to give it to them.” – Judith Jamison 
Dance And Music Quotes:
 111.“Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” – Friedrich Nietzsche 
112.“Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals.”–Charles Baudelaire 
113.“Dance music is an emotional journey. It’s how well you can make people feel something that they haven’t felt.”–Steve Aoki 
114.“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.”–Thomas Carlyle 
115.“I skipped between the dancers,twirling my skirts.The seated,masked musicians didn’t look up at me as I leaped before them,dancing in place.No chains,no boundaries—just me and the music, dancing, and dancing.”–Sarah J. Maas 
116.“I found that dance,music,and literature is how I made sense of the world it pushed me to think of things bigger than life’s daily routines to think beyond what is immediate or convenient.”–Mikhail Baryshnikov 
117.“Those who dance are considered insane by those who can’t hear the music.”–George Carlin 
118.“Where words leave off,music begins.”–Heinrich Heine 
119.“To live is to be musical,starting with the blood dancing in your veins.Everything living has a rhythm.Do you feel your music.”–Michael Jackson 
120.“Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance.”–Ezra Pound
Heart touching Dance Quotes: 
121.“My heart,which is so full to overflowing,has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.”–Martin Luther 
122.“Dance music is my love,is my passion,is my life.I live for my fans and take my art very seriously.”–Steve Aoki 
123.“Music,once admitted to the soul,becomes a sort of spirit,and never dies.”–Edward Bulwer-Lytton 
124.“Music touches us emotionally,where words alone can’t.”–Johnny Depp 
126.“Music is the universal language of mankind.”–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
127.“Music is the language of the spirit.It opens the secret of life bringing peace,abolishing strife.”–Kahlil Gibran 
128.“Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.”–Johann Sebastian Bach 
129.“Music is an outburst of the soul.”–Frederick Delius 
130.“I go with the flow.Whatever music you play for me,I’ll dance.” –Gael Garcia Bernal 
Inspirational Dance Quotes: 
131.“Dancers have a very hard job.We must take our ugly,callused,blistered,and bruised feet and present them in a way so that they are mistaken as the most beautiful things on Earth.” 
132.“Before dance came into my life,I don’t really remember having any major goals or dreams of wanting to be anything.”–Misty Copeland 
133 “Caution not spirit,let it roam wild;for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.”–Shah Asad Rizvi 
134.“Dance for yourself.If someone understands,good.If not,no matter.Go right on doing what interests you,and do it until it stops interesting you.”–Louis Horst 
135.“Without dance,I can’t feel my soul,hear my heart, or see my dreams.”
136.“Dancing’s part of my soul.I enjoy it,it makes people happy,and it makes me happy.”–John Travolta 
137.“Every dance you make belongs to you.It is part of your collection.When you think of it like that,you’ll want to make your next routine the best you’ve ever made.”–Torron-Lee Dewar 
138.“Everyone should dance.And everyone should sing.People say,‘Well,I can’t sing.’Everybody can sing.That you do it badly is no reason not to sing.”–Dick Van Dyke 
139.“For I have trained myself and am training myself always to be able to dance lightly in the service of thought.”–Søren Kierkegaard 
139.“Get up and dance,get up and smile,get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while.”–Simon Fowler 
140.“I dance.A lot.I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance,and I bring in joy and rhythm.”–Inga Muscio 
Rocking Dance Quotes: 
141.“If you want to release your aggression,get up and dance.That’s what rock and roll is all about.”–Chuck Berry 
142.“In a dancer,there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.”–Martha Graham 
143.“Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky.”–Arna Bontemps 
144.“Nature is so powerful,so strong.Capturing its essence is not eas.”–your work becomes a dance with light and the weather.It takes you to a place within yourself.”–Annie Leibovitz 
145.“Nobody cares if you can’t dance well.Just get up and dance.Great dancers are great because of their passion.”–Martha Graham 
146.“On with the dance!let joy be unconfined;No sleep till morn,when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.”– George Gordon 
147.“Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.And when you have reached the mountain top,then you shall begin to climb.And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.” –Khalil Gibran 
148.“Someone need not be perfect to be a great dancer?Feeling a soul is more important than what the body can do.”–Marcia Hayde 
149.“Passion drove her deeper,into the abyss beneath his skin where she mapped his soul to the dance of his heartbeat.”–Virginia Alison
150.“Our feet are planted in the real world,but we dance with angels and ghosts.”–John Cameron Mitchell
Powerful Dance Quotes: 
151.“The first dance is the worst dance;the last dance is the best dance!All the roads of persistent practice lead to the Land of Perfection.”–Mehmet Murat ildan 
152.“The moment in between what you once were,and who you are now becoming,is where the dance of life really takes place.”–Barbara De Angelis 
153.“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it,move with it,and join the dance.”–Alan Watts 
154.“To dance,put your hand on your heart and listen to the sound of your soul.”–Eugene Louis (Luigi) Faccuito 
155.“We ought to dance with rapture that we might be alive…and part of the living,incarnate cosmos.”–D.H.Lawrence
    
  
  156.“When you dance,your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor.It’s to enjoy each step along the way.”–Wayne Dyer 
157.“The main thing is dancing,and before it withers away from my body,I will keep dancing till the last moment,the last drop.”–Rudolf Nureyev 
158.“You’re terrified that nothing will ever give you the fulfillment that dancing has given you.”–Karen Kain 
159.“Dancing–however you do it,even if it’s in your living room–is a great workout.”–Ciara 
160.“Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.”–Mason Cooley 
Funny Dance Quotes: 
161.“He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor.”–Hindu Proverb 
162.“For me,writing a novel is like solving a puzzle.But I don’t intend my novels as puzzles.I intend them as invitations to dance.”–Mohsin Hamid 
163.“Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance,Dance,Dance till you drop.”–W.H. Auden 
164.“Disco’s are tricky.You look a total wally if you dance too early but after one crucial song tips the disco over,you look a sad saddo if you don’t.”–David Mitchell 
165.“Dance,even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.”–Kurt Vonnegut
166.“From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement,the space between the body and clothes.I wanted the clothes to move when people moved.The clothes are also for people to dance or laugh.”–Issey Miyake 
167.“I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.”–E. E. Cummings 
168.“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton,you may as well make it dance.”–George Bernard Shaw 
169.“If you’ve got nothing to dance about,find a reason to sing.”–Melody Carstairs 
170.“It doesn’t matter if I’m off the beat.It doesn’t matter if I’m snapping to the rhythm.It doesn’t matter if I look like a complete goon when I dance.It is my dance.It is my moment.It is mine.And dance I will.Try and stop me.You’ll probably get kicked in the face.”–Dan Pearce 
Pure Dance Quotes: 
171.“Life is short and there will always be dirty dishes, so let’s dance.”–James Howe 
172.“Not many skeletons left in my closet because I invite them to dance all over the front room.”–John Schneider 
173.“When a body moves, it’s the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I’ll tell you who you are.”–Mikhail Baryshnikov 
174.“When I have bad days,I just eat lots of chocolate ice cream and dance to the ‘Lion King’ soundtrack.It’s really odd,but it’s true.” –Blake Lively 
175.“Hand in hand,on the edge of the sand,they danced by the light of the moon.”–Edward Lear
176.“Wives are people who feel they don’t dance enough.” –Groucho Marx 
177.“The job of feets is walking,but their hobby is dancing.” –Amit Kalantri 
178.“Through dancing many maidens have been unmaidened,whereby I may say it is the storehouse and nursery of bastardy.” –John Northbrooke
179“I can’t wait to be back on the dance floor.I feel really good about it.”–Paula Abdul 
180.“When people start dancing,they dance like they don’t know they are doing it.” –Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Dance Quotes for Teachers: 
181.“Surround yourself with great mentors and friends who will help you grow and achieve—but let your inner voice speak louder than all the well-intentioned voices of those who surround you.” –Rhee Gold 
182.“The woman represents ballet.She is most important,powerful and vital to it.Therefore,she is not “less than” a man.If anything she is “more than” in this field.”–Misty Copeland 
183.“I call my students my kids because in our time together they aren’t just kids on my class list, they become a part of my heart.” 
184.“Simple We have an obligation to help to build self-esteem,while we encourage all children to be the best they can be.”–Rhee Gold 
185.“Two hours on the phone gossiping,or looking for inspiration to become the best teacher and choreographer you can be.It’s a choice.”–Rhee Gold
  
  186.“We’re the same all dance teachers,no matter where in the world they are from,feel the same respect for their calling.We all have“dance blood” flowing through our veins;we’ve all experienced the same joys and hardships.”–Rhee Gold 
187.“Teachers create their class atmosphere;if they aren’t excited,then neither will their students be.This occurs with teachers who would rather be somewhere else—and often that somewhere else is with the most advanced dancers.”–Rhee Gold 
188.“Teaching dance It’s more about being a positive role model who mentors,leads and teaches young people to be the best that they can be in dance and in life.”–Rhee Gold 
189.“Let us not forget that we all started as beginner students.”–Rhee Gold 
190.“Dance teachers don’t just teach you how to dance, they teach you how to live.”–Anonymous
Dance Love Quotes: 
191.“A great dance teacher doesn’t just teach dance,they teach life skills like perseverance,determination,and teamwork.”–Anonymous 
192.“They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head.”–Terence 
193.“When I design a wedding dress with a bustle,it has to be one the bride can dance in.I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.”–Vera Wang 
194“Dare, dream,dance,smile,and sing loudly! And have faith that love is an unstoppable force.” –Suzanne Brockmann 
195.“A good dance teacher creates a safe and encouraging space where students can express themselves freely through movement.”–Anonymous 
196“A dance teacher is someone who helps you find your own rhythm and teaches you to trust your body’s natural movements.” – Judith Jamison 
197.“The best dance teachers are those who can adapt their teaching style to meet the unique needs of each individual student.”–Anonymous 
198.“A dance teacher is not only a mentor,but also a role model and a friend who helps their students achieve their goals.”–Misty Copeland 
199.“I see dance being used as communication between body and soul,to express what it too deep to find for words.”–Ruth St. Denis 
200.“Work like you don’t need the money.Love like you’ve never been hurt.Dance like nobody’s watching.”–Satchel Paige 
Quotes of Dance Performance: 
201.“Dancing is a wonderful training for girls,it’s the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it” –Christopher Morley 
202.“Practice like you’ve never won.Perform like you’ve never lost.” 
203.“Dance is like wine;it matures with every performance.”–Alarmel Valli 
204.“Fear is the politicians dance partner”–Penn Jillette 
205.“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love” – Jane Austen
206.“…all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing”–Moliere 
207.“Stars are always dancing.Sometimes they dance twinkling away with the rhythm of your joyful heart and sometimes they dance without movement to embrace your heartache as if frozen sculptures of open-armed sadness.”–Munia Khan 
208.“The one unbreakable rule of couples dancing is that the partners must move inter dependently, as a unit” – Gerald Jonas 
209.“Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire” – George Bernard Shaw 
210.“Let us dance in the sun,wearing wild flowers in our hair…”–Susan Polis Schutz 
Dance In The Rain Quotes: 
211.“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain.” 
212.“There are many things evil people can take from you.However,they can never steal your ability to laugh and laugh loud.”–Shannon L. Alder 
213.“Learn to dance in the storm so when life hands you a stormy weather,you just glide through it.”–Ikechukwu Izuakor
214.“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”– Vivian Greene 
215.“A recognition that sometimes—often —we’ll encounter setbacks because heavy downpours will divert us from our priorities.”–Jerome T. Murphy 
216.“Life isn’t how you survive the thunderstorm,but how you dance in the rain.”–Adam Young 
217.“Today I resolve to keep in step with the Lord as He shows me how to still sing and dance in the rain—by eliminating the past baggage of insecurities and to simply love.”–Joyce Erwing-Chow 
218.“Some people dance with singing rain;some people get wet with misery and pain.”–Debashis Mridha 
219.“Look forward to when the storm is over.Stay close to God.Find a way to dance in the rain.”–Kyle Jessen 
220.“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.”–unknown
As our rhythmic journey through Dance Quotes comes to a close,let these words linger like the echoes of a well-choreographed performance.In the cadence of these quotes,we've uncovered the poetic language that dance speaks to our souls.From the expressive movements to the pulsating beats,dance transcends mere steps—it's a celebration of life.Let the symphony of these quotes resonate within you,inspiring a dance of joy,passion,and boundless expression.Embrace the magic of movement and let these quotes be your guide on the dance floor of life.
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