Ours is an upbeat, a hurried, hasty beat. It keeps pressing us to go farther, to include everything so that we can savor everything, so that we can know everything.
AGNES DE MILLEWhat have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without?
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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.
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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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What 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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We can’t stand silence, because silence includes thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
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From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.
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Dance constitutes a true recapturing of… freedom and childish play.
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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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I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.
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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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Dancers don’t get invited to visit people. It is assumed a boy dancer will run off with the spoons and a girl with the head of the house.
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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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Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.
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Destiny is made known silently.
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What I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule.
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