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.
AGNES DE MILLEOne of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people
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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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I want one word on my tombstone – dancer.
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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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No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.
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Dance constitutes a true recapturing of… freedom and childish play.
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This is the precise difference between dancing and acrobatics. The dancer tries to express something; the acrobat merely pulls, raises, stretches and grinds.
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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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Dance in the body you have.
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Friends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies.
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When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience.
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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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Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.
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What have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without?
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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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