“My definition [of genius] would be about being completely involved in your art form. So that's outside of sciences. Within the arts it's about taking people on a journey, being able to involve me completely-whether you're singing a song, whether it's in the theater, whether you're dancing-if you can make me forget I'm sitting in a seat, that's my definition of genius.” PeopleIfsArtWould BeAbleFormSongForgetJourneyGeniusInvolvedSingingSittingTheaterDancingDefinitionsSeats Author:Russell Crowe
“I love movies, and theater, and kayaking, reading, biking, walking - oh, and dancing. I love to dance!” ReadingWalkingTheaterDancingMovie LoveBikingKayaking Author:Judy Blume
“Everybody used to say going to restaurants... is like theater, there's stage sets, there's drama, there's play acting and you watch the show. And now, boy, everything's just become so serious. And you sit at the counter and the chef comes out and tells you what he did to the Brussels sprouts leaves and no, there's not a lot of dancing.” PlayShowsUsedActingBoysWatchesStageSeriousDramaTheaterDancingRestaurantsChefSproutsBrusselsBrussel Sprouts Author:Pete Wells
“I grew up in music theater playing to the audience - singing and dancing and showing off. That's really my background. But the camera's different. I think I'm more at home on stage.” ThinkingDifferentHomeAudienceStageGrewGrew UpSingingTheaterCamerasDancingBackgroundsShowing OffSinging And Dancing Author:Christopher Walken
“If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean of preconceptions and fears. When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you.” IfsWorldEnjoyTheaterDancingCleanLuxuryRitualThreadConnectingPreconceptionsWitch Of Portobello Author:Paulo Coelho
“Marya Morevna! Don't you know anything? Girls must be very, very careful to care only for ribbons and magazines and wedding rings. They must sweep their hearts clean of anything but kisses and theater and dancing. They must never read Pushkin; they must never say clever things; they must never have sly eyes or wear their hair loose and wander around barefoot, or they will draw his attention!” KnowsHeartEyeCareGirlAttentionHairKissingDrawsTheaterDancingCleanCarefulRingsCleverMagazinesWanderRibbonsSlyBarefootWedding RingPushkin Book:Deathless Source: Deathless
“I have performed for thousands when they found me exotic, the vogue, daring, but I have danced, at any given time, for about ten people... They were the ones that left the theater forever different from the way they were when they came in. All of my long, long life, I have danced for those ten.” PeopleWayLongDifferentFoundLeftGivenForeverTenTheaterDancingDanceDaringLong LifeExoticJust DanceVogue Author:Ruth St. Denis
“I work in between the cracks, where the voice starts dancing, where the body starts singing, where theater becomes cinema.” BodyVoiceSingingTheaterDancingCinemaCracks Author:Meredith Monk