For ballroom dancing, ...

For ballroom dancing, remember that your partners have their own distinctive styles also. Cultivate flexibility. Be able to adapt your style to that of your partner. In doing so, you are not surrendering your individuality, but blending it with that of your partner.
 Fred Astaire

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 Fred Astaire
Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.
 Fred Astaire
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 Fred Astaire
If the dance is right, there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement.
 Fred Astaire
I just put my feet in the ground and move them around.
 Fred Astaire