I come from a dancing background, and I know it’s stereotypical, but I would dance because I wasn’t comfortable speaking to people.
Acting is not acting. It isn’t putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It’s believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
I did a short film at Outfest, ‘Where Are the Dolls,’ based on an Elizabeth Bishop poem done, where I play this woman who is sort of walking the streets and ends up alone dancing in a club. I have this hot and heavy scene with a very beautiful actress. It became very popular.
With dancing, I think the reason it’s worked for me, and I love it so much, is because I’ve trained my entire life. Once you train, you develop your own aesthetic and your confidence. So I think, as I grow, I’m learning how to be a singer. I’m training my voice and being on stage and singing and dancing.
The only time I’ve ever danced every day was during ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and in the two-week rehearsal for ‘Dirty Dancing,’ and that was only to do a particular dance.
I’m a pretty decent tap dancer. I enjoy all types of dancing, actually.
When break dancing was out, I break danced. When rapping was the thing, I freestyled rap on the street and battled and all that kind of stuff.
When I was going into inventing, it wasn’t a dream the way someone goes into nursing or dancing. Because there’s a path with that. It’s very different when you say, ‘I have an idea and it doesn’t exist.’ It’s a very different path.
Dance is in the air, pirouettes, very difficult. Mime is on the floor, like Spanish dancing perhaps, and very often in slow motion.
My first dance ever on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ was to ‘Let’s Hear it for the Boy.’
We come from a sensory-overload culture, and so we wonder if one guy on drums and one guy dancing around is enough. Adding guys was something we always were curious about. We decided for this run specifically to stay a two-piece. In the future, we definitely could add members.
Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don’t really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head.
I am rubbish at the gym. I prefer to exercise by moving around – it doesn’t matter whether I am dancing on a Friday night or on my bike getting from A to B.
I could name a few songs and say exactly what summer they came out and what boy I thought I was in love with when I was fourteen years old, but I think that music used to be really more a part of the culture when people went out dancing in a different way than they do now.
I can’t speak for other artists; every group has a different approach. For us, it will always be important to keep working hard, dancing better, writing better songs, touring, and setting an example.
We moved from the suburbs to L.A. and I picked up break dancing when I was 10. I joined a dance crew in high school and I was battling. I also took ballet most of my life until high school.
I will definitely continue to do Bollywood because that is my thing and I can’t not do it – I have to do the singing and the dancing because it is so much fun. But I would like to explore my opportunities in the West, so we will have to wait and see.
I think that in all my dancing I play a role,’ she told The Times that year. ‘To me, that’s what dancing is about. It’s not just steps.
There are many different styles of, and approaches to, tap. My own leans towards a more intellectual view: tap dancing not just for the sake of entertainment but to educate and spark emotion.
I love dancing; my kids love to dance. I think it’s just another way for children to learn they can be themselves.
I need to find out what kind of an actor I am and work on soft skills like dancing, singing and more.
I used to say I didn’t want to teach. I was still excited about dancing. It’s hard to do both. It’s as exhausting teaching as it is to dance.
Dancing with Kate Beckinsale made me very excited.
The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing.
One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion.
I would never do ‘Dancing With The Stars,’ because it’s just not fair. I am too good of a dancer. It would be like LeBron James playing little league basketball.
People listen to music with cavemen ears: Is it a bird song or the call of a lion? The audience at a musical is dancing in their hearts.
I had certain physical limitations that made me change the choreography for myself or made me more interested in choreography only rather than dancing. I have never been a person who wanted to just dance. I have always been interested in developing for other people.
Dancing is my obsession. My life.
I trained in martial arts and wanted to become a UFC fighter. That was my goal. I only really learned how to dance three weeks prior to making ‘Step Up Revolution.’ Dancing will always be fun, but MMA is something I’ll never give up. I will eventually get back in the octagon and be fighting professionally again.
When I was younger, acting, singing, and dancing was what it was all about.
I love dancing.
I think the impact my music has had on dance music fans is to bring out their inner love for dancing and having a good time.
Becoming a walking, dancing, fire-breathing lifestyle dragon is not something you can pursue overnight! It takes years of studying, living, and understanding the modern culture!
I adore dancing.
I never thought that I’d be dancing with Shia LaBeouf. When I heard he was going to be my partner, I was like, ‘Does he even dance?’ He doesn’t, really, but he’s such a sweet person.
I came into the industry as an actor. And moved on to become a star with the help of my dancing skills.
I always wanted to thrill people with my dancing – just as how K-pop dancing thrilled me.
I came out the womb dancing.
When I started go-go dancing on tables for a living, I didn’t want to tell my mom or my dad. I made 25 dollars a night, and I was able to make my rent, with the four girls I lived with.
People tell me I’m dancing better than ever. I don’t know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.
Girls love guys who dance, and I’m definitely going to be the first one on the dance floor. Usually, you just see guys sitting around, but I definitely don’t hold back when it comes to dancing.
However wack anyone thought ‘Whatzupwitu’ was, there’s not a lot of people that have footage of themselves dancing around in the clouds with Michael Jackson. I do have that forever.
It wasn’t so much destroying my dancing, it was destroying me.
