Nathan Chen Quotes

I feel like dance, by its nature, goes so easily to grand and beautiful.

I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.

I've been dancing for 10 years.

Dancing is kind of my thing.

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.

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

Actors are born, good actors are trained. Dancers are born, good dancers are trained.

I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.

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.

Kleiber was the perfect dancer - so perfect that you could see the process. After all, dance is a process; it's a series of snapshots. Kleiber knew how to connect people to the flow, so he could stop managing people.

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

I'm a singer who moves like a dancer.

I very much like dance and dancers.

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

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.

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.

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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

I can do the tricks and I can skate. I have great skating skills and artistry and well-choreographed programs. For me, the biggest obstacle is just bringing it all together.

Dancing came easy to me.

You may feel that Peter Martins' 'Beauty' is too compressed and inexpressive, but it's loyal to the text.

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

When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.