Simone Elkeles Quotes

Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.

I would love to do a little ballroom dancing with my husband... He and I can take a couple classes together. It would be a lot of fun!

Hamish's right arm was around Angus's waist as the two of them tangoed past.

Most of the people who came for dancing lessons had Rumba ambitions and minuet bodies

I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish.

Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.

Nobody is born a dancer.

Ballroom dancing is like being on Mars compared to what I've done throughout my life.

I'm happy to dance with anyone, to be honest. I've had some great partners, who have all been talented. But not all of them at dancing.

I'm the first one out on the dance floor. In college I had to take jazz, ballet and tap dancing, but, before that, it was just social.

I don't date dancers, but I've always wanted to teach guys how to dance.

I love dancing and practiced ballet for ten years until I realized I wouldn't make it professionally - then I started taking salsa classes. I learned to dance samba in Rio and Salvador when I lived in Brazil.

I love tango, and I used to dance when I was young.

I had to do a tango with Raft and I learned to dance in ballet shoes with my knees bent.

I know I'm never going to be a professional ballroom dancer.

When you're out dancing with your friends, you think you're cool. But then you get in the ballroom, and it's totally different.

My view is, for example with Ballroom and Latin, they do same sex competitions for under 12s and there are usually more girls than boys who want to dance and so there would be all-girl partnerships.

When I was in the Pussycat Dolls, I did study jazz and pop, but Latin and ballroom were not at all in my world.

I grew up dancing. When I was three years old, my mom would always watch Latin ballroom dancing competitions on PBS.

As possibly one of the biggest 'Strictly' fans on the planet, I still can't believe this is happening. I'm very much a dance around your handbag kinda girl, but now I've been given this wonderful opportunity to learn all the different styles of dancing from the very best in the business.

There are dances you can do separately - your charleston, your jive.

I did ballroom dancing at school, but I was atrocious.

I started out in the ballroom scene when I was fourteen years old.

The only thing is that ordinarily when I do dance with [women] they think I am suddenly going to throw them over a table or twist them all around. All I want to do is one-two, one-two-three - a simple fox trot. But they're shaking with anticipation at the thought that I'm about to whip them around and then toss them on the roof.