Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible
AGNES DE MILLEBut all of these knew very well what they did not want, and what they did not want was the current coin, the well-worn usage.
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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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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.
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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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Destiny is made known silently.
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What they wanted was something newly experienced, and therefore unknown and hard to attain.
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When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience.
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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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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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Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.
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The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.
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The acrobat is lost in a web of muscles the dancer is all but invisible in projected idea.
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What have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without?
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I want one word on my tombstone – dancer.
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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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A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
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