Deborah Bull Dance Quotations

But you do have to start young as a dancer if you're going to achieve the physical skills necessary.

A good dancer is an educated one, so dont abandon school.

You can't reduce lactic acid, but you can increase your tolerance to it. I do this through running or cycling, but it's a good idea to match your training bout to the type of dance you do.

I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly not all tutus! So experience of other dance forms is a good idea.

So if the dance is five minutes long, make yourself run for perhaps eight minutes. That way, you over-train and the dance will seem easier...

I enjoy the freedom of modern dance as well as the constraints of classical dance.

As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are becoming less technically or physically able, younger dancers are emerging who need the space to perform.

It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top.

Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives, through adolescence, and while they are trying to work out who they are as people, never mind as a dancer. So train the whole person, not just the dancer.

I always recommend a sensible diet, including lots of carbohydrates and avoiding too much fat. Dancers don't need different fuel from other people - they just need more of it because they use more energy.

Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.

Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer.