The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.
AGNES DE MILLEDancers aren’t made of their technique, but their passion.
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I learned three important things in college-to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any time given a horizontal surface and fifteen minutes.
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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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Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.
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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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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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What have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without?
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To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.
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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
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What I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule.
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Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible
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We can’t stand silence, because silence induces thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
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Destiny is made known silently.
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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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Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down… and kissed him. And the world cracked open.
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The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind.
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