Andrew Asnes famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so I ended up on my ***** followed by the most unsightly backward roll out of it, followed by the cast falling over in laughter and a good portion of the audience too.

  • When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience. I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.

  • A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

  • The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.

  • Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

  • Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.

  • Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

  • The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.

  • Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance.

  • When we were shooting in Shreveport, me and a couple of friends went down to Lafayette, because they had a big Zydeco music festival down there. We spent two days dancing to Zydeco music, eating fried alligator... It was one of the craziest festivals I've ever been to in my life, but I loved it.

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