Ann Reinking Quotes

I taught and studied dance in college, and for over a decade, I thought that would be my career: tap dancer, ballet dancer, modern dancer. I still find myself doing some tumbling or interpretive dancing in the grocery store every now and then.

I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another.

I think the inception of my interest in arts was when I was around 9 or 10 and I started dancing. I was really convinced that I was going to go to New York and be onstage in 'A Chorus Line.'

I grew up learning ballet, and then I took up contemporary as I got older. I probably thought I was going to be a ballet dancer when I was younger, but at a certain age, I really was more interested in acting.

I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'

While dancing for me was fun, becoming a choreographer was not something I wanted to do.

I wanted to be a dancer my whole life. And when I gave it up to act, I always had a really sad part of myself that missed it and missed performing and missed being physical in that way.

Seeing 'Revelations' made me want to be a professional dancer.

I was a late bloomer, but I had a career as a contemporary dancer before that, so I had some kind of connection to this world. But I was always a little more in love with the drama of dancing than the aesthetics, so I thought, 'Why don't you give it a chance if you think you can do it a little different?'

I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be.

I've tapdanced since I was 11 years old. I always wanted to be a tapdancer, and that's all I ever wanted to be.

I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.

I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.

It became my first passion, the first thing I really fell in love with. I joined the Ralph Robinson Ballet company, and then went to New York and became a dancer. I thought I'd die before I did anything else.

If I hadn't decided to be a fashion designer, I would have loved to be a Broadway showgirl or a Rockette!

I've done tons of Debbie Allen musicals. I was a dancer in 'Glee,' and I was a Laker girl for three months.

The fun thing about 'Chicago' is that there's so much dance and, very specifically, Roxie. So you might see a little bit of Roxie on the Sugarland stage. Who knows.

I love going to see musicals. That was one of the major reasons why losing the chance to produce 'La La Land' was so painful.

I majored in dance in college.

I decided to go to dance school at 22, which is late for a dancer.

I would love to do a musical. Something old-fashioned, probably.

In Broadway, we do love jazz hands.

You can go see ballet in its purity; you can go to a recital to hear music by itself. But what the American musical does so thrillingly is bastardize these forms into something that is exhilarating and compelling and deeply moving.

'Dancin' was exceptionally significant. I was in an original Broadway show and nominated for a Tony.

When I saw 'Chess' in London, I thought it was horrible. It was so static. People were coming down front and just facing the audience, singing.