Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.

A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt.

A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt.

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.

If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.

If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.

If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator read more

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.

But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.