A Quote by Robson Green

I didnt learn until I was about 26 that my dad was a national ballroom dancing champion. He won loads of trophies. Im not sure why he was so quiet about his achievements. Maybe he thought ballroom dancing wasnt a manly thing to do.

Robson Green

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Robson Green

Growing up in the Soviet Union, ballroom dancing wasn't the coolest thing to do. But that probably made me tougher, because it wasn't an easy task to do ballroom dancing and not get bullied. And I never got bullied in my life, even though I changed to five secondary schools in three different countries.

Artem Lobov

It's great that ballroom dancing is being recognised. For many years ballroom dancers were misunderstood and other dance forms didn't want anything to do with us.

Anton du Beke

My old dance teacher, Jimmy Wilde, a former European ballroom dancing champion, was so sophisticated.

Anton du Beke

I grew up dancing. When I was three years old, my mom would always watch Latin ballroom dancing competitions on PBS.

Mya

The music for 'The Last Five Years' is like running a 26-mile marathon, and singing Sondheim is like ballroom-dancing up Everest.

Anna Kendrick

I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the one that lost me was the ballroom dancing one they do, 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was the one where I watched it and I was perplexed. I thought it was really boring.

Adam McKay

When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.

Bruno Tonioli

My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education – from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.

Baz Luhrmann

My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic.

Baz Luhrmann

I was first introduced to dancing through the TV: I remember watching ballet, jazz and ballroom dancing when I was very little. But I felt no connection with it whatsoever: it was just like watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

Savion Glover

Strictly' has changed everything for ballroom dancing.

Kevin Clifton

I did ballroom dancing at school, but I was atrocious.

Deborah Meaden

My ballroom dancing skills are completely non-existent.

Roger Allam

I'm a phys ed major: that's ballroom dancing and handball.

Joe Gibbs

I'm a little embarrassed to talk about it now, but the very first sport that I did, if you can call it sport, was ballroom dancing. I was aged seven to nine or 10.