Mj Rodriguez Quotes

Going to salsa clubs may be popular, but I feel we're really missing something as a society by overlooking ballroom dancing. If only we could persuade schools to teach it or there was somewhere young people could go on a Saturday night to learn it.

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

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

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 parents used to go ballroom dancing in their latter years, and it gave them so much pleasure.

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

Dancing is not one of my talents. But when you've had a few drinks anyone is a good dancer, right?

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.

The dance community suddenly came alive with programs like 'So You Think You Can Dance,' 'America's Best Dance Crew' and 'Dancing With The Stars.'

When I first started out, I was really attracted to having my own sense of style because I started swing dancing, lindy hop, and jitterbug.

I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do.

The dance world was a big part of my growing up.

In '92 - '93, I was at that age when I was looking for my identity and that's when I found dance music and I really fell in love with it.

My small experience on 'Dancing with the Stars' allowed me to slowly appreciate the Waltz and Viennese Waltz, but to see it in Vienna is something much different.

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

What young men nowadays don't realise is that ballroom dancing can be such a source of enjoyment.

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

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.

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.

I'm a little embarrassed to talk about it now, but the very first sport that I did, if you can call it sport, was ballroom dancing. I was aged seven to nine or 10.

I did ballet at the Menlo Park Academy of Dance from age 4 to 11, but then I switched to ballroom, and I've been doing that ever since.

I love all the Latin dances. I love all the upbeat, salsa, cha-cha, samba dances. I just love the music - and wearing the costumes.

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

My ballroom dancing skills are completely non-existent.

I was a huge punker growing up.