We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think the thing that we agreed to so many years ago, actually, was that the music didn't have to support the dance nor the dance illustrate the music, but they could be two things going on at the same time.
There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.
When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it.
Dance should mean something to you.
People often say to me, 'I don't know anything about dance.' I say, 'Stop. You got up this morning, and you're walking. You are an expert.'
I've come to realize that people dance for reasons of their own.
We don't dance because we can't dance. Our shows, production-wise, are always quite minimal. We always try and keep it more about us having fun and stay away from gimmicks.
There was always dance in opera until people forgot to keep it going.
We've had nothing but support from everybody in the dance world for a National Dance Day.
The music I was making for people not to dance to was the one they were dancing to.