Colum Mccann Dancer Quotes & Sayings

You are a dancer for only a part of your life. The rest of the time you are walking around, thinking about it! — Colum McCann

He's at ease, his body sculpted to the music, his shoulder searching the other shoulder, his right toe knowing the left knee, the height, the depth, the form, the control, the twist of his wrist, the bend of his elbow, the tilt of his neck, notes digging into arteries, and he is in the air now, forcing the legs up beyond muscular memory, one last press of the thighs, an elongation of form, a loosening of human contour, he goes higher and is skyheld. — Colum McCann

So you want to be a dancer? I asked. I want to dance better than I already do, he said. — Colum McCann