Amy Purdy Quotes

Whether it's dance or action, what's important is hand and body co-ordination. When you are a good dancer then automatically while performing action, the co-ordination is that much easier.

When you dance, your body just wants to find its natural weight. I'm naturally a lot more Tommy Tune than I am Wolverine.

Ballroom dancing is so articulate. Your hips have to be a certain way, legs have to be straight at one time and bent another.

Dancing is all about your core.

The steps must be second nature to me, so that the music seems to be drawing the steps out of me and I don't look as if I'm struggling to fit the steps to the music.

I can tell by the way somebody walks if they can dance or not. Just by the rhythm.

Rhythm is born in all of us. To be a desirable dancing partner, you don't have to do all the intricate fancy steps that happen to be in vogue. All you have to do is be a good average dancer, and anybody who spends the time and effort can accomplish this.

I'm not a very good dancer. My feet don't point far enough; my extension is embarrassing. Dance, for me, has been hard because it's a strive for perfection.

It's actually a privilege to actually learn how to really dance.

I find it very hard to dance. I have 2 left feet.

Exactly the same with dancing, you can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do.

People think skating would translate very easily to dancing, but it really doesn't. Dancing is a lot of fun and not as dangerous as being on the ice.

My years of ballet and jazz dance lessons didn't make me any more graceful - they just helped keep me from bumping into the furniture on stage.

I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing.

I'd love to dance with grace and style, to move as easily as I write.

I am not a natural dancer.

I would love to be able to tap dance.

Actually I dance really well on the floor.

Good balance makes you a better dancer, musician, actor - anything.

With Michael Jackson, when he moved, it looked like a martial artist to me. He was quicker than other dancers, but he didn't have muscles; he was just quicker and looked more in control of gravity. He looked like a martial arts master, so I tried to steal body movement from him; that's why I imitate Michael Jackson a little bit.

I'm a lousy dancer.

I have rhythm, but I'm not a trained dancer.

Let's face it: dancing isn't one of my strong points.

I'm not a good dancer.

When you're using your upper body to live, you get to know how to move every muscle.