Leila Janah Quotes

I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish.

I've been dancing all my life, but I never did it seriously.

When I was about five, I started dancing - like, tap and ballet - in one little class.

People don't really know, but I went to Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York.

Yeah, I grew up doing ballet and jazz and tap, but I stopped at the age of 25, and I've never stepped foot in a ballroom.

Nobody is born a dancer.

I danced growing up. I had two friends of mine that, actually, one of them wound up dancing with Alvin Ailey.

I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.

I do after-school ballet and also hip-hop and jazz.

I wasn't a dancer learning to play Baby Houseman. I was Baby Houseman learning to play a dancer. I was someone who'd never done any Latin dance. I'd taken jazz classes and ballet growing up in New York, so I had dance in me, and I knew I loved it, but I'd never done a dance audition.

I was serious about ballet for a long time, but my mom got me into tap and jazz and modern and hip-hop, and I was one of those over-lessoned children.

I'm not a trained dancer - I know, I know, you're shocked, I'm sure.

I started dancing when I was four years old and then was in class until I was about 20 years old or so, and then primarily was dancing just in shows that I was doing, but not really studying and training.

A good dancer is an educated one, so don't abandon school.

I am thankful to whatever I have got in my life, but one thing which is always at the back of my mind is my dance academy. I would love to see my dance academy growing.

I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me into dance classes, and finally, in third grade, she did. Tap and jazz, but not ballet.

I've studied dance since I was very young, and I continue to study ballet.

I started dancing when I was 5 years old. Ballet. Flamenco.

I decided to go to dance school at 22, which is late for a dancer.

I was very serious about ballet until the age of 12, at which point my body changed, and it wasn't quite right.

My mother was very keen I learn dance and I learnt so many forms.

I've been dancing for 20 years. I just kept doing the same job that I've always done.

Until I was in 6th grade, I took ballet, jazz, tap, and hip hop.

As possibly one of the biggest 'Strictly' fans on the planet, I still can't believe this is happening. I'm very much a dance around your handbag kinda girl, but now I've been given this wonderful opportunity to learn all the different styles of dancing from the very best in the business.

Start dancing immediately. Run to the closest dance studio, and study the style of dance of the music you love. If you love hip-hop music, go to a hip-hop class. If you love salsa, take a salsa class. It will become infectious and you'll keep going back.