The Quotable Dancer Book

A Fun-Packed Collection of 1300 Humorous Dance Quotations from Stage, Screen & Life in General "After cooking and stand-up comedy, dancing is the new rock'n'roll."Jim Shelley in The Mirror (2010) The Quotable Dancer contains 1300 humorous dance quotes from stage & big screen, as well as an extensive A-Z of general dance topics and an all-embracing card of dance styles from Classical Ballet to Street Dance ..."Mixing Ballet and Breakdance is like mixing apples and space-ships." Touré in USA Today (2001) The book also contains the fun things said by and about famous dancers such as: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Busby Berkeley, Martha Graham, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Bob Fosse, Nijinsky, John Travolta, Patrick Swayze, Michael Jackson, Michael Flatley, Savion Glover, even Mumbles the Penguin & Wall-E."Michael Jackson's dance moves were angular and twitchy, hinting at digital stops and starts rather than analog fluidity - except, of course, for his famous Moonwalk, the image of someone striding gracefully without ever leaving center stage."Jon Pareles in The New York Times (2009)With dance being a global phenomenon, this book reflects the cosmopolitan appeal of the terpsichorean art. With entries from all over the world and from down the centuries, this book still retains a firm focus on and the idealogical identity of dance the world over."The Soft-Shoe Shuffle, the wistful Tom Sawyerish scuffing of the stage boards that says Americans experience an isolating loneliness as if by the provenance of birth."T.E. Kalem in Time magazine (1975) DANCE [verb]*    to move the body and feet in rhythm*    to move lightly and gaily; caper*    to be stirred into considered movementQUOTE [verb]*    to move the lips and tongue in rhythm*    to converse lightly and gaily; caper*    to be stirred into considered thought"To dance ... is to quote with one's feet."Colin M JarmanFor an equally comical overview of dance on TV look for our sister publication Dancing With The Quotes. As the title suggests, this fun-packed book focuses on the first nine series of Dancing With The Stars. It reveals an amusing aspect of DWTS and other TV dance shows through the words of celebrity and professional dancers, judges, hosts, fans and the media. Read More