Jillian Rose Reed Quotes

I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class - literally one class - and then I quit.

Being a competitive dancer is an expensive business - you have to buy the £2,000 or so tail suit and the shoes, and then get yourself around the world to the competitions. And there is not a lot of money to be made in competing.

I came from a dance background, so that's what I did my whole teenage years. I was at the dance studio a lot. It just becomes your social scene and part of your life.

I started dancing when I was four years old and then was in class until I was about 20 years old or so, and then primarily was dancing just in shows that I was doing, but not really studying and training.

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.

As a kid, my main interest was dancing. When I was 8 years old, I was in a hip-hop troupe.

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

From Abby Lee Miller's intensity and her students' incredible performances to their devoted moms and its high drama, 'Dance Moms' has become one of the most compelling shows on television.

I had been dancing in competitions in South Africa since the age of four, before going on to compete internationally.

Aside from singing, I'm also a dancer. I've been dancing since I was 8.

I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish.

I actually build my dreams around the dancers I've got in my company.

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.'

I started dancing when I was five, and I trained intensively as a competitive dancer up until the end of high school. I did all genres, and later on a did a lot of extra ballet on top of that. I actually got accepted to Julliard for dance during my senior year, but I ultimately turned it down to come to L.A. to act.

I've been dancing all my life, but I never did it seriously.

I was very personable and outgoing and was friends with most everybody in my class but I was a diehard dancer so I was constantly at dance classes and working toward my passion of dance.

My goal was to become the best dancer in the world and, because I started late, I always had this feeling I was playing catch-up, so I've been a bit of a maniac most of my life, sort of striving.

You spend your life having lessons, practising and competing as an amateur, and working during the day. As you get to the top end of the amateur field, you try not to work anymore; you earn your living through dancing, maybe by doing a bit of teaching. It's an ongoing life's work.

Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.

I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.

Bubbles was a very good dancer. Tremendous dancer. He was one of our leading dancers of the country at that time. And, of course, he didn't have much of a voice.

My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship.

My old dance teacher, Jimmy Wilde, a former European ballroom dancing champion, was so sophisticated.

The best thing you can say about Hubbard Street is that if you were a dancer, this is a company you'd fight to get into.

I haven't danced since I stopped at 28. I haven't even taken a class.