Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they’re afraid that they’ll be forgotten. And in America they’re quite right. They will be.
AGNES DE MILLEWhat have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without?
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If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs – don’t pay any attention to its politicians.
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They are just a lot of isolated individuals jiggling in a kind of self-hypnosis and dancing with others only to remind themselves that we are not completely alone in this world.
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I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping.
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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
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Dance constitutes a true recapturing of… freedom and childish play.
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Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down… and kissed him. And the world cracked open.
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I think ought to have more and correct some of the matters fate fails to take care of.
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To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea.
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One of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people
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We have the most varied and imaginative bathrooms in the world, we have kitchens with the most gimmicks, we have houses with every possible electrical gadget to save ourselves all kinds of trouble – all so that we can have leisure. Leisure, leisure, leisure!
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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don’t even look at one another.
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There is something fearfully strengthening about cutting free even if the ties bandage the heart itself.
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Destiny is made known silently.
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When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience.
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A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
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