I'm bugged because I can't believe I can't speak every language there is. But I feel I can when I sit and am with somebody, and I can dance for them. Because dance is dialogue without language.
I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before. - Chita Rivera
I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.
- Chita Rivera
Looking back doesn't have to be painful. - Chita Rivera
Looking back doesn't have to be painful.
The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing. - Chita Rivera
The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.
My neighborhood was a great neighborhood; it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being. - Chita Rivera
My neighborhood was a great neighborhood; it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being.
I am young in my energy because I really still believe that we can share who we are, and we can wipe off on each other. I see this huge tapestry when… - Chita Rivera
I am young in my energy because I really still believe that we can share who we are, and we can wipe off on each other. I see this huge tapestry when…
Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president. - Chita Rivera
Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.
I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there. - Chita Rivera
I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there.
Many of the shows I danced in don't exist on film, but they do exist in the memories of those who were in the theater for that single moment in time.… - Chita Rivera
Many of the shows I danced in don't exist on film, but they do exist in the memories of those who were in the theater for that single moment in time.…
I love to laugh, I love the joy of life, and I love sharing it. - Chita Rivera
I love to laugh, I love the joy of life, and I love sharing it.
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