Amyra Dastur Quotes

Dance must have a precision without fault.

My movement is usually about finding the balance between artistry, athleticism, and musicality. It always originates with a classical basis and expands outwards from that platform.

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

My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.

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

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

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

Absolutely, I'll always be a dancer.

Sayyeesha is a great dancer.

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.

Jeremy Lamb is a great dancer.

I've always been interested in dance and want to be a trained contemporary dancer.

My choreography is very classically based.

I tap dance.

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

I'm a dancer, so I love to dance.

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 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.

I very much like dance and dancers.

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.

Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.

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.

Dance has helped me with everything. It was a great foundation for discipline, hard work and, unfortunately, the ever-elusive idea of perfection. It lends itself easily to fight choreography, because that's what it really is. Choreography. And knowing how to move with someone.

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.