Ashley Ellis, Principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre.
Photo by NYC Dance Project
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“Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
“You dance secretly inside my heart, where no one else can see.”
— Rumi (via quotemadness)
The older you get, the more quiet you become. Life humbles you so deeply as you age. You realize how much nonsense you’ve wasted time on. — Unknown Author
Nonsense yes perhaps… ah but think of all the lessons we learned while living and playing our lives our way… I am indeed quieter than my youthful days but I am no where near ready to sit the next dance out… wisdom is an amazing perk of aging and my days of playing are far from over ღk
“You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination.”
Roman Payne