These are African proverbs about dance, I hope we learn a thing or so from it. They've been passed down from generation to generation.
The best dancer comes from the sitting lounge.
~African Proverb
Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs.
~African Proverb
Even the fall of a dancer is a somersault.
~Senegalese Proverb
Even the best dancer on the stage must retire sometime.
~African Proverb
Music speaks louder than words.
~African Proverb
Singing "Alelulia" everywhere does not prove piety.
~Ethiopian Proverb
A child brought up where there is always dancing cannot fail to dance.
~Chewa & Nyanja Proverb
Even without drumbeats, banana leaves dance.
~African Proverb
He who cannot dance will say, "The drum is bad!"
~Ashanti Proverb
Darkness caused to dance even him who cannot.
~Kikuyu Proverb
He who is a mocker dances without a tambourine.
~Moroccan Proverb
An old cat will never learn to dance.
~Moroccan Proverb
If everyone is going to dance, who, then, would watch?
~Cameroonian Proverb
If you aren't in your own home, you dance while seated.
~African Proverb
You can catch a cricket in your hand but its song is all over the field.
~Malagasy Proverb
When the music changes, so does the dance.
~Nigerian Proverb
Music and women should not be dated.
~African Proverb
The beginning of a dance is lele.
~Swahili Proverb
Dance in the sun, but turn your back to the clouds.
~Zimbabwean Proverb
The song that has no leader, goes wrong.
~Kikuyu Proverb
If your child is dancing clumsily, tell him: 'you are dancing clumsily'; do not tell him: 'darling, do as you please.'
~Twi Proverb
The song of a stranger-woman is answered after she has gone.
-Kikuyu Proverb
A stranger dances - he does not sing.
~Ghanaian Proverb
If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
~Zimbabwean Proverb
In a fiddler's house, all are dancers.
~Rwandan Proverb
You cannot dance well on only one leg.
~Mozambican Proverb
A tree that refuses to dance will be made to do so by the wind.
~African Proverb
He that beats the drum for the mad man to dance is no better than the mad man himself.
~African Proverb
Even a horn can be stopped from fighting and made to sing forever.
~African Proverb
A woman is never old when it comes to the dance she knows.
~African Proverb
If you carry the egg basket do not dance.
~Ambede Proverb
Good music goes with good food.
~African Proverb
What makes the drum pleasing is the song.
~Bantu Proverb
When the music stops, a deaf person continues to dance.
~Igbo Proverb
The rich man never dances badly.
~Rwandan Proverb
Dance, father, people's eyes don't eat, they just stare.
~Lamba Proverb
Two guests love a different song.
~Kikuyu Proverb
The canary that dances along the bush path must have its drummer in the nearby bush.
~African Proverb
He who spends his time adorning himself knows he is going to a dance.
~Kikuyu Proverb
The hottest music and dance always comes from home.
~African Proverb
If you are ugly, learn how to dance.
~Zambian Proverb
When a woman is not singing, she is not working much either.
~Egyptian Proverb
He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony.
~Maasai Proverb
When the drummers change their beats the dancers must also change their steps.
~African Proverb
God is good, but never dance with a lion.
~Zimbabwean Proverb
Move your neck according to the music.
~Ethiopian Proverb
If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing.
~Zimbabwean & Sudanese Proverb
You cannot dance without music though you can sing instrumentally without dancing.
~African Proverb
When the music changes, then the rhythm of the dance must change also.
~Tuareg Proverb
The man who can't dance says the band can't play.
~Guinean Proverb
Songs learnt from outside sources are not used at a dance so long.
~Swahili Proverb
Even drumsticks are heavy on the way home after the dance.
~African Proverb
He has danced topsy-turvy (upside down).
~Meru Proverb
Who does not love to dance, does not love to sing.
~Lango Proverb
A cockroach knows how to sing and dance, but it is the hen who prevents it from performing its art during the day.
~Edo People of Nigeria
If you don't want a tail of a monkey to touch you then don't attend the monkey dance.
~African Proverb
A rooster does not sing on two roofs.
~Ntomba Proverb
If you can't dance well, you'd better not get up.
~Nigerian Proverb
Even the sharpest ear cannot hear an ant singing.
~Sudanese Proverb
He who dances at home will be rewarded.
~Swahili Proverb
A dancer will not become crippled for dancing calls for grace.
~Swahili Proverb
An old woman is not old in a song she dances well.
~Nigerian Proverb
The song sang by men when going to hunt is not the same song they sing when they come back.
~African Proverb
He who adorns himself knows to what sort of dance he is going.
~Kikuyu Proverb
Do not go gathering fruit when a dance is taking place.
~Maasai Proverb
He who understands music understands the cosmos.
~Egyptian Proverb
Bad dancing does not break an engagement.
~Kenyan Proverb
If the rhythm of the drum beat changes, the dance steps must adapt.
~Kossi Proverb
When you play the flute in Zanzibar all Africa dances.
~Zanzibar Proverb.
