Jennifer Lopez

I just knew that was what I wanted to do. I was going to perform as a singer; I was going to perform as a dancer, and I was, you know, going to do movies and be an actress. I was going to do it or die trying. That's what my life was.

American Musician

Nicolas Cage

I never studied dance, but if you look at 'Wild At Heart,' my mother saw that movie and said, 'You are a dancer. Look at how you're moving: all that strange energy is like modern dance.

Actor

Martha Graham

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

American Dancer

Aishwarya Rajesh

I've always wanted to be a good dancer. It used to be my passion.

Indian Actress

Lana

I have been a professional dancer and athlete my entire life.

American Wrestler

Mayte Garcia

I'd always been a very focused dancer and very protected.

Phyllis Smith

The discipline as a dancer carried over into my life.

American Actress

Josh Groban

I'm the world's worst dancer. I have dancephobia.

Ricky Whittle

I really have a new-found respect for dancers.

British Actor

Nigel Lythgoe

Dancing is my passion. I started as a dancer.

English Director

Emphasizes career dancers who've had extensive training, often perform on stages.

Profession Link

In some cultures, dancers are also storytellers who use movement to convey tales.

Cultural Impact

Dancers can specialize in different genres like ballet, hip-hop, or contemporary.

Varied Genres

Refers to non-professionals who often dance for fun and socialization.

Social Activity

Indicates a hobby or leisure activity without the pressure of professional standards.

Casual Practice

Dancing ability can vary widely, and 'dancer' doesn't imply skill level.

Flexible Skill Levels

Sometimes used metaphorically to describe graceful movements in animals.

Beyond Humans

Certain animals are nicknamed 'dancers' due to their distinctive movements.

Species Nickname

 the body if I then said to you what happens if that whole wall on the side of the collapses and you have to use your weights to put it back up what would you be able to do with it so this is a mental picture I'm describing a mental vivid picture that enables dancers to make choices for themselves about what to make okay you

A choreographer's...

 While classical ballet gestures often respond to musical elements, the degree to which the dancers and orchestra align is another choreographic tool. Some characters and scenes move in sync to create rhythmic clarity, while others deliberately diverge from the orchestra. Dancers and musicians maintain this delicate balance

What’s the point(e) of...

 and they're way bigger than water molecules. So, when an oil molecule gets pulled in, their size is really disruptive to the dance and the random exchange of partners that the waters engage in, a very important part of the dance. In addition, they are not great dancers. The water molecules try to engage

Why don't oil and water...

 As she turns, friction between her pointe shoe and the floor, and somewhat between her body and the air, reduces her momentum. So how does she keep turning? Between each turn, the dancer pauses for a split second and faces the audience. Her supporting foot flattens,

The physics of the...

 Ceara. All she ever wanted to do was be a dancer. She was told that because of her visual impairment, she'll never dance. She'll never be able to follow the choreography or the dance steps. She's like, they said, find another love, another passion. She's like, no.

Rick Guidotti: From...

 Canoe building involved the whole community, bringing together the navigators, canoe builders, priests, chanters, and hula dancers. Navigators were keen observers of the natural world. They were abundantly familiar with trade wind-generated ocean swells,

How did Polynesian...

 came here because the art is very special I feel a big responsibility to get the dancers right because there are no Egyptians that I'm a foreigner carrying on this tradition some people believe belly dancing dates back to the

Belly Dancers PIPE National...

 dancer a spirited conversationalist a cultivated man of the world who read widely and spoke many languages his letters and speeches although they were written on the battlefield and on the fly represents some of the greatest

The impact of Simón...

 or bail out an investment bank. It's sure to help. Of course someday, in the deep future, a technology of persuasion even more powerful than PowerPoint may be invented, rendering dancers unnecessary as tools of rhetoric.

John Bohannon: Dance vs....

 soon a dancer wearing a headdress of hornbill feathers emerged from beneath the longhouse and began to prance and posture