Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I mean, when you grow up dancing, you have to become very comfortable in your own skin.
I've come to realize that people dance for reasons of their own.
There's just something about dance. It's like a primal thing in all of us.
The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.
I think it's one thing to be able to dance, and it's another thing to learn all the wonderful moments of dance because in my day... it was the moving of dance.
I love dancing; my kids love to dance. I think it's just another way for children to learn they can be themselves.
I used to say to myself, 'Well, in the old days everybody danced because they loved to dance, and there was none of this professional garbage going on about how much can you get for this or that or the other, or any of the kinds of things that insecurity can sometimes promote. Sometimes it's for the wrong reasons.'
Dance is a very disciplining career or hobby. I was disciplined at an early age.
With dancing, so much is about sexuality and sensuality and without life experience it becomes much more of a performance, rather than a living, breathing entity from the soul.
You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in front of an audience.
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