Dance Industry Quotes

Music videos are notoriously long, not fun, grueling. You are known there as a dancer and it's kind of sad because dancers, in a lot of ways, are under-appreciated and kind of under-respected when it come to that so they don't necessarily treat you in a nice way when you do a music video.

It's expensive to get studio space and dancers. My whole first three years, I was sneaking around in the studios and getting kicked out of them. It was kind of depressing.

If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.

Dance is so prominent, now more than it's been before, but I still feel like there's this void that needs to be filled that tells the story of a contemporary dancer who is in a company - I don't know, just that's my dream to do that.

I grew up always wanting to be a dancer and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways.

Backup dancers are completely respectable. They're the studio musicians of dance.

Some days I would work 18-hour days because I was dancing and choreographing.

In Europe, a great dancer might be on the same level as a movie star. In America, not so.

I had some struggles to find my footing. I couldn't really find a place to appreciate me - I'm a little bit curvy for the dance world.

When I was a dancer, I would see that dancers were treated like garbage. I mean like, like extras.

When World of Dance came around, what I really liked about it was it's from dancers for dancers. For me growing up as a dancer and becoming an actress, Jennifer Lopez really was this icon in that world to me.

The future of dance will always be tied up with the public's acceptance of the star. If they accept the star, then they'll accept the dance.

Younger kids should realize that if dancing is what you wanna do, it's not always gonna be the easiest thing; you're not always going to end up dancing for Justin Timberlake right out the gate.

So many people think of me as a character on TV, but first and foremost, my passion is teaching dance and creating employable, working dancers.

Most producers who want you to dance are not looking at the long term. They see their evenings, the box office, whom they have to repay, whatever.

I realized I'm a very, very white dancer.

I think that 'Flesh and Bone' represents the dance world very authentically. There's always this aspect of drama put on top of it, and it's showcasing the problems of the dance world, but I've had experiences in reality that were written into the show.

When I started out in this business, dance was not at the height it is now. It was almost like, you're either a dancer or an actress.

I think the dance world is really hard, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to look a certain way, and so that was a battle that I had to figure out for myself.

America now has more and better dancers than they have ever had in the history of the country, but that won't account for the public wants to see.

So much is made about the beginnings of ballet careers, the rosebud, and then once the petals and leaves start falling off, is it beautiful anymore? Some people think it is; some people don't. The expectation is to focus on the very beautiful parts, not the ending.

Dance is a profession with an expiration date for many people.

As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are becoming less technically or physically able, younger dancers are emerging who need the space to perform.

'The Dance Scene' is just a real look at what it takes. You see the award shows. You see the videos and you never realize what goes on behind the scenes. The reality and the preparation. The motivation I have to give each dancer on that set.

Initially, dancing for me was just for pocket money. The dancers are paid well and you get paid on a daily basis. Eventually when I got promoted as an assistant choreographer I was getting paid more. This was during my college days.