Eve Babitz Quotes

I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.

I'm a pretty decent tap dancer. I enjoy all types of dancing, actually.

I always liked dancing and you'd go to class and find you had an hour acting and an hour of ballet.

Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.

I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.

I wanted to be an Ailey dancer. I would watch Alvin Ailey videos over and over, and I'd picture myself doing that. I was obsessed with it.

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

In my heart, my first desire was to be a dancer. I always wanted to dance and I danced from the time I was 7 till I was well into my 30s.

Their way of Dancing, is nothing but a sort of stamping Motion, much like the treading upon Founders Bellows.

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.

Dance has been a big passion for me.

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

It's one of my strongest dance pieces - having just done Play Without Words which was veering away from a lot of dance - I thought it would be nice to go back to something with almost the most dance I'd done.

Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.

I am dancing all the time. Every gesture, the body line of every pose, the way I get from place to place, the movement in the acting - none of it would be the way it is if I weren't a dancer.

I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap.

When I was a dancer, I was acting.

Dance stories, unlike those in opera, are usually simple.

Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.

I see dance as glue for a community.

Dance and I are synonymous, and nobody can take away dance from my life. Also, I cannot look at dance in an inert way; it's my passion, and I get keen on being part of any show or film that has dance!

Having trained as a dancer growing up, I love any dance related events.

Dance is in my background.

I was a dancer and performer.

Ballet is a classically based art form, so it comes with a certain set of rules, at least to start with; then it's about how far you want to push from there.