Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.
AGNES DE MILLEThe universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind.
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Friends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies.
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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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Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible
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Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can’t do it without that passion.
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I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.
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Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.
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But remember that intent is everything. One does not just jump, one lifts into the air, one rises.
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My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I’d like to know.
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What they wanted was something newly experienced, and therefore unknown and hard to attain.
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There is something fearfully strengthening about cutting free even if the ties bandage the heart itself.
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Emily Dickinson provided four or more alternates for every word; Beethoven wrestled with endings to the point of exhaustion; in our day Jerome Robbins and his lack of decision are a byword in the dance profession.
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We can’t stand silence, because silence includes thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
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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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I think ought to have more and correct some of the matters fate fails to take care of.
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The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one’s feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.
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