I don't remember anybody ever pointing me out as a dancing prodigy, but I played a not bad second base.
Slippery stages were the terror of my life.
I am bit sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough and the old applause.
Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.
Of course, Ginger was able to accomplish sex through dance. We told more through our movements instead of the big clinch. We did it all in the dance.
Disco is just jitterbug.
I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.
This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.
I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails.
It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.
If the dance is right, there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement.
When you have a Dancing partner, there's always gonna be a moment where the girl's gonna cry, Ginger didn't do that. But, most every other girl I've worked with have cried because they said "aah, I can't do it" and I have to go "Yes, you can, Shut up!" and they do do it.
I don't make love by kissing, I make love by dancing.
Dancing is a sweat job.
I just put my feet in the ground and move them around.
There comes a day when people begin to say: "Why doesn't that old duffer retire?" I want to get out while they're still saying Astaire is a hell of a dancer.
I have no desire to prove anything by my work. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means of expressing myself. I just dance.
I have no desire to prove anything by dancing ... I just dance.
For ballroom dancing, remember that your partners have their own distinctive styles also. Cultivate flexibility. Be able to adapt your style to that of your partner. In doing so, you are not surrendering your individuality, but blending it with that of your partner.
Dancing is a vertical interpretation of a horizontal intention.
The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.
Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained..
Do it big, do it right and do it with style.
Some people seem to think that good dancers are born ,