Last Updated on September 6, 2024
Even before the written or spoken word, mankind practiced dance. Experts and historians believe that this was how stories have been passed down prior to word-of-mouth methods. That’s because dance, especially traditional ones, can be imbued with so much meaning and symbolism. These can vary depending on the culture, place, and of course, the people who created the dance.
Types of Dance
There are mainly two types of dance: theatrical and social.
Social dance is the one you would most see during weddings or festivals. It can involve a solo act or a group performance, sometimes with folk music. It’s usually done as a form of recreation, or to bring people together. A good example would be rhythm dancing, like the salsa, samba, Viennese Waltz, Quickstep, and Jive.
Theatrical dance on the other hand, is all about performing for an audience. This is often done with a lot of planning, and elaborate costumes, advanced choreography, and stunning settings. Those who perform it are called “virtuoso dancers” because they have practised their craft for years. That’s why they can even interpret musical accompaniment in their own way, adding gracefulness and agility that’s fascinating to watch.
Short History
Did you know that one of the first recorded proof on dance were found on ancient paintings in India? It was dated to be about 9,000 years old.
Egyptians were among one of the first to use human motions in art and religion as well. Archaeologists were able to dig up dancing figurines as old as c. 3300 BC! Other records of our ancestors’ obsession to boogie also appeared in countries such as China, Greece, and Brazil.
Today, there are millions of people who move to the groove because not only is it fun, it’s a growing sector, too. From choreographers, dance instructors, to stage managers, and personal trainers – there’s an exciting world waiting for those who want to move to their own beat.
But even if you’re not good on your feet, you’ll certainly appreciate these awesome dance quotes.
Awesome Dance Quotes
1. “Daily dance uplifts the soul to spiritual realms.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
2. “Our biological rhythms are the symphony of the cosmos, music embedded deep within us to which we dance, even when we can’t name the tune.” – Deepak Chopra
3. “Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” – Satchel Paige
4. “Dancing – however you do it, even if it’s in your living room – is a great workout.” – Ciara
5. “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” – Voltaire
6. “Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while.” – Simon Fowler
7. “Someone need not be perfect to be a great dancer? Feeling a soul is more important than what the body can do.” – Marcia Hayde
8. “When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you.” – Paulo Coelho
9. “Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It’s the rhythm of your life. It’s the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness and envy.” – Jaques D’Ambroise
10. “Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.” – Oprah Winfrey
11. “Dance is the timeless interpretation of life.” – Shah Asad Rizvi
12. “If you want to release your aggression, get up and dance. That’s what rock and roll is all about.” – Chuck Berry
13. “There are many ways to relax. Sometimes you might enhance that relaxation by listening to mellow music. At other times, you might use the stress and sing and dance to an upbeat tune.” – Jay Winner
14. “Even if you are not that good, dancing frees the body to float along with the music, and to cast off stress.” – Byron Pulsifer
15. “Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.” – Samuel Beckett
16. “Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.” – Martha Graham
17. “Life is the dancer and you are the dance.” – Eckhart Tolle
18. “Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.” – H. Jackson Brown
19. “He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor.” – Hindu Proverb
20. “To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.” – Agnes de Mille
21. “Dance from your heart and let your passion shine through.” – The Dance Mum
22. “Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.” – Steve Maraboli
23. “Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.” – Rumi
24. “Life is short and there will always be dirty dishes, so let’s dance.” – James Howe
25. “We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.” – Unknown
26. “Dancing alone is often easier and certainly less complicated than dancing with someone else, but there is nothing quite so satisfying as creating even one moment of real beauty moving gracefully with another.” – Oriah
27. “Dancing with a spinal cord injury is a challenge like no other, but I aspired to prove to myself that I could still be phenomenal dancer even with an SCI” – Sarah Todd Hammer
28. “When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.” – Wayne Dyer
29. “Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.” – Martha Graham
30. “My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.” – Martin Luther
31. “It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.” – Xiaolu Guo
32. “I learned to appreciate repetition. That’s why I can dance. It’s how I learned to act. I have a high tolerance for repetition.” – Channing Tatum
33. “Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.” – Ted Shawn
34. “I don’t want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.” – George Balanchine
35. “Dancing is surely the most basic and relevant of all forms of expression. Nothing else can so effectively give outward form to an inner experience.” – Lyall Watson
36. “Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.” – George Bernard Shaw
37. “Taking dance lessons creates the opportunity for you to showcase “class” on occasions such as marriages or parties.” – Claire Robin
38. “To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?” – Michael Jackson
39. “Any kind of dancing is better than no dancing at all.” – Lynda Barr
40. “I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words.” – Ruth St. Denis
41. “Dance for yourself. If someone understands, good. If not, no matter. Go right on doing what interests you, and do it until it stops interesting you.” – Louis Horst
42. “We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
43. “Before dance came into my life, I don’t really remember having any major goals or dreams of wanting to be anything.” – Misty Copeland
44. “I go with the flow. Whatever music you play for me, I’ll dance.” – Gael Garcia Bernal
45. “People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.” – Martha Graham
46. “Life is sweet when you pay attention. When it doesn’t seem sweet, put a sticker on your nose and do a funky dance.” – Whitney Scott
47. “Dance as if you are alone, and no one will ever see, As this is your chance, to see what you could be.” – Catherine Pulsifer
48. “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” – Martha Graham
49. “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” – Jane Austen
50. “When I have bad days, I just eat lots of chocolate ice cream and dance to the ‘Lion King’ soundtrack. It’s really odd, but it’s true.” – Blake Lively
51. “When I dance, I forget everything else and just feel completely happy.” – Katherine Jenkins
52. “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” – Alan W. Watts
53. “The first dance is the worst dance; the last dance is the best dance! All the roads of persistent practice lead to the Land of Perfection!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
54. “Do not be frightened, friend. Let us dance our way to God.” – Kamand Kojouri
55. “I dance. A lot. I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.” – Inga Muscio
56. “Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.” – Dave Barry
57. “We dance to seduce ourselves. To fall in love with ourselves. When we dance with another, we manifest the very thing we love about ourselves so that they may see it and love us too.” – Kamand Kojouri
58. “The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.” – Amit Kalantri
59. “I don’t want to hide. I want to slow dance with you again. I want to dance with you forever.” – Sarah Black
60. “Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.” – Mason Cooley
