Robert Gottlieb Quotes

I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.

Kleiber was the perfect dancer - so perfect that you could see the process. After all, dance is a process; it's a series of snapshots. Kleiber knew how to connect people to the flow, so he could stop managing people.

Action choreographer is like talking. When you talk, you have a rhythm. When you act, you have a rhythm. When you're moving your body, you have a rhythm. So as an actor, as a choreographer, the objective is trying to blend everything in - into - ultimately back into that character.

The ballet makes us look at those bodies, it makes us listen to that music, it makes us wonder at the geometry, of the way they come together. The way that extraordinary space is controlled and given such emotional force.

Balanchine was just able to strike the balance between literal narrative and abstract dance.

I tap dance.

I feel like dance, by its nature, goes so easily to grand and beautiful.

I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.

When the circumstances are right, everything becomes a dance.

I dazzle you with that footwork.

I very much like dance and dancers.

Dance must have a precision without fault.

Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don't really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head.

I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance.

I think I'm the same dancer everywhere. But I've learned a lot with Bolshoi - the history of the theater, the technique of the theater, different nuances in my technique.

I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in.

You may feel that Peter Martins' 'Beauty' is too compressed and inexpressive, but it's loyal to the text.

When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.

I started with ballet, and once I started to really like it, I got into more - I did jazz and tap, and then kept going.

You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.

I've always loved dancing. As soon as there is good music, I've got to get up and dance. I was passionate about ballet as a little girl.

I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five until 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine.

I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers.

If we don't put some acting in a dance song, no one would be able to dance on it.

I love to watch people dance. It is the most fantastic skill and art form that anybody can have.