DancePoet's Signature

[DancePoet]

Hmmm...

When I wrote my signature, it sounded so good I figured someone else must have said this at some point about dance, but I don't have the foggiest idea who. Therefore, I decided to list it as a quote attributed to someone "unknown".

Anyone have any ideas or knowledge that makes sense here?

Otherwise, I might just eliminate the "unknown" and lay claim to it myself.

( Then again, I'm unknown on this forum. Lol. )

[pygmalion]

Hmm. It's probably worth googling. Thre are a couple pages out there of dance quotes. 8)

[pygmalion]

The closest I found was

"Dancing is poetry of the foot." John Dryden

You may be able to lay claim to that quote after all. :wink:

[pygmalion]

Here are a couple more good ones. Check out the Frankie Manning one, especially. A wise man.

I never taught people where to step on '2', because when I learned how to dance there was no '2'. We just danced to the music.
Frankie Manning


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The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.
Yiddish Proverb

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Beginning dancer: knows nothing.
Intermediate dancer: knows everything; too good to dance with beginners.
Hotshot dancer: too good to dance with anyone.
Advanced dancer: Dances everything. Especially with beginners.
Attributed to Dick Crum, a folk dance teacher

[Sabor]

Actually .. i wrote that eact same phrase some time ago in my signature but on another forum.. just made it up/wrote it down one day..had never read it b4 in any text.. so if it was written by some author in text i wouldn't know.. unless u were reading stuff thru forums, read it under my sig. and it stuck to your head..

if that is the case.. and its mine :lol: .. then go ahead, put it as your own.. i wouldnt mind at all.. cheers.

[bordertangoman]

the phrase 'poetry in motion' was a pop song years ago 6o's? or maybe earlier.In the lyrics the singer is describing his swethaert
it has also become a well used expression by ports commentators to describe agile athletes -usually football or rugby players.

It is no doubt a useful simile but perhaps over used (judging by the google results) and wearing thin?

I'm seem to be getting pedantic.
:doh:
Sound of gunshot.

[pygmalion]

LOL. Suicide (or murder?) not required. LOL.

[Sabor]

nevertheless.. i still maintain that it could be mine :lol:

how 'bout we toss for it :mrgreen:

[Vince A]

"I never taught people where to step on '2', because when I learned how to dance there was no '2'. We just danced to the music." Frankie Manning
If everyone who dances, and who does not compete, would take this to heart . . . the fun of dancing would multiply a thousand-fold!

[pygmalion]

Yup. You don't get to be almost ninety without knowing a thing or two. 8)

[DancePoet]

Went googling.

Found the John Dryden quote mentioned by Pygmalion.

Found the following, too!

1. "Poetry is like dancing." a Mark and Spencer spokesperson in the hiring of an inhouse post to help bring out the creativity of it's staff

2. "Dancing is silent poetry." Simonides

3. "Poetry is prose as dance is to walking." John Wain

Although the following doesn't include poetry in it's content, it was too good not to post here.

"To live is to dance, to dance is to live." Charles Schultz [in Peanuts (Snoopy speaking)]

Ah...bordertango's recall of a pop song with "poetry in motion"... wow ... yes, I remember something like that as well! And I recall some basketball announcer using "poetry in motion" to describe players, but I can't remember who, announcer or players. Wouldn't be surprised to hear football, soccer, or other sports announcers use this in their descriptions of athletes "dancing" with the ball. :)

I still like "Dance is poetry in motion". It could be proverbial! And since I don't know who Sabor is, and Sabor says it was used on another forum (which I haven't seen), maybe "unknown" is very appropriate afterall.

I'll keep looking when I make time to check the other "about 1,220,000" references google says it has. Oh my gosh!