Hamp would ask me about tempos in the band: 'Jacquet,' he'd say, 'knock off that tempo.' A lot of jazz musicians didn't... →
Illinois Jacquet
People like to hear songs that they can dance to. Even if they're sitting, they like being made to want to dance and move. By me being a dancer... →
They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What... →
Etta James
See, I don't like places where people can't dance - don't like clubs or theatres where a bunch of bourgeois people sit around tip, tip... →
Dance is not endangered - it will always find a way to express itself.
Judith Jamison
People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them.
You have to dance unencumbered. There's no other way to move. The idea of dance is freedom. It is not exclusiveness, it's inclusiveness.
As long as there are dancers around who love to dance, there will be an Alvin Ailey American Dance Company. We miss him so much, but he's alive... →
The world is full of ways for people to dance. Concert dance doesn't get its due.
The way Alvin Ailey has transformed modern dance and dance in general is the fact of variety. It's a cornucopia of ways to move. There are... →