Ballroom Dance Quotes

“Sometimes in life confusion tends to arise and only dialogue of dance seems to make sense.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Dance as the narration of a magical story; that recites on lips, illuminates imaginations and embraces the most sacred depths of souls.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Dance is the timeless interpretation of life.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Life is an affair of mystery; shared with companions of music, dance and poetry.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“If you opened the dictionary and searched for the meaning of a Goddess, you would find the reflection of a dancing lady.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Don't breathe to survive; dance and feel alive.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“One step, two steps, three steps; like winds of time experience joy of centuries, when movements become revelations of the dance of destinies.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance and not breath.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Transcend the terrestrial; surpass the celestial, from nature’s hands when you receive the sublime pleasures of dance.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Make dance the mission every moment seeks to accomplish.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance like breath.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Spirit is a child, the tune of dancing feet its lullaby.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Dancing is an innately spiritual affair. Its height is Divinity and its depth is humanity. It is the ever-moving balance between independence and intimacy.”
― Donna Goddard, Dance: A Spiritual Affair

“Audience of angels descend in the ambiance reciting praises in your glory, when you wear your dance shoes, when you arrive at the stage and with every step you take beneath your feet heaven moves. That is the power of dance.”
― Shah Asad Rizvi

“Dance can transcend logical, time-bound, and place-specific limitations.”
― Donna Goddard, Dance: A Spiritual Affair

“The movement is part of the still. The still is part of the movement. The dancer can be still and still dance. He or she can move and still be still.”
― Donna Goddard, Dance: A Spiritual Affair

“Eventually, the master of dance arrives at the still point. Movement and thought, body and mind, are so refined and intentioned that everything moves from the calm still point. It is not to say that the movement is calm. It may be explosive, violent, and dramatic. However, the intention is calmly, deliberately focused. It is not altered by the ups and downs, the fluctuations, of the internal or external environment. The still point is thus never lost. The movement is part of the still. The still is part of the movement. The dancer can be still and still dance. He or she can move and still be still.”
― Donna Goddard, Dance: A Spiritual Affair

“Dancing with a partner becomes a consensual sharing of energy where the two individuals can ideally take their cue from the tremendous flowing Movement beyond themselves.”
― Donna Goddard, The Love of Being Loving

“Dance has the power to create happy moments—timeless moments when all is forgotten except the dance. The endless complaints and struggles are erased by being present in the calmness and unity. It is a spiritual experience because it is unifying, healing, happifying, and uplifting.”
― Donna Goddard, Dance: A Spiritual Affair

“Who cares about judges when you have each other and you are creating something together? Winning only matters when you don’t have what dancing really is.”
― Donna Goddard, Dance: A Spiritual Affair

“In amongst the momentary glory and inevitable change is the unrelenting, ferocious desire to express the soul through the mechanics of a limited body in the hope that it can bring some peace to a painful inner and outer world.”
― Donna Goddard, Dance: A Spiritual Affair

“If we want our men to dance, we have to inspire them. Not with blatant sexuality. That is too common, too little. But with something more, something bigger, something that will give them a reason to want to dance.”
― Donna Goddard, Dance: A Spiritual Affair

“If we want our men to dance, we have to seduce them. But with what? Not with blatant sexuality. That is too common, too little. But with something more, something bigger, something that will give them a reason to want to dance. We have to inspire them.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“The greatest joy of partner dancing is difference. You feed off each other and make the other better and more than we can be on our own.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“Every one wanted to be her, to be ex-maybe-boyfriend's amazing championship mother, so they dispensed with the father, either pairing off themselves as two supremely costumed waltzing women, or else just pretending to have a male prop dancing partner, "for that way," explained wee sisters, "you get to dress up and be her every time." This explained the colour - for there had been an explosion of colour - plus fabric, accessories, make-up, feathers, plumes, tiaras, beads, sparkles, tassels, lace, ribbons, ruffles, layered petticoats, lipsticks, eyeshadows, even fur - I had glimpsed fringed fur - high heels too, which belonged to the little girls' big sisters and which didn't fit which was why periodically the little girls fell over, sustaining injuries. "But the thing is," reiterated wee sisters, "and you don't seem to be overjoyed by this, middle sister, you get to be her every time!”
― Anna Burns, Milkman

“Though Claire could admit Luca was a talented dancer, there was something intangible about him that she didn't like. Maybe it was the fact that even in three-inch heels she had to look up to meet his gaze. Or the eyes that were coal black and seemed to burn with their own hidden fires. Or maybe it was Luca’s beautiful face, gifted by some unfair god and surrounded by a halo of dark curls. But probably the thing that annoyed Claire the most was Luca’s tendency to mock her at every turn, ensuring every encounter was a series of sniping matches where Luca usually emerged with the upper hand.”
― Ruby Fink, Chispa: One’s Passion

“Claire tilted her head back, giving Luca her best fake smile.
“Ortiz, I don’t think those basic dance lessons have sunk in. I’m the follower, remember? That’s not in my job description.”
“Call it common courtesy then.” Luca’s grip around her waist tightened slightly, and Claire belatedly realized she was still pressed against his chest, one hand resting on the bare V of smooth skin.
“Just as I kept you from falling, you could be more aware of your surroundings and not crash into people.”
“Well—” Claire opened her mouth to voice a pithy retort, but nothing came out.
“And while we’re on the subject of courtesy,” Luca’s dark eyes mocked her. “People usually say ‘thank you’ when someone does them a favor.”
― Ruby Fink, Chispa: One’s Passion

“As they continued to dance, Claire saw the stern lines drop away from her mother's face, and her furrowed brow relaxed, replaced with a faraway look in her eyes. She looked serene and almost peaceful, as Leon guided her into another promenade, and she lifted her leg up into a developè. Claire felt a tinge of envy, wishing she could have what her parents had.
At first glance, you wouldn’t think that the gentle Frenchman and the irritable Russian would have had much compatibility, but somehow, they had managed to take their partnership and turn it into twenty years of marriage.”
― Ruby Fink, Chispa: One’s Passion