Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to read more

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined.

If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.

If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

An old cat will not learn how to dance.

An old cat will not learn how to dance.

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator read more

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.

But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.

But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.