But 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.
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.
AGNES DE MILLEIn the same way the lifted leg of an arabesque becomes a wing, and not a mechanical leverage like a raised trap door.
AGNES DE MILLEWhat I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule.
AGNES DE MILLETo make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea.
AGNES DE MILLEOne of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people
AGNES DE MILLEI am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.
AGNES DE MILLESo that we will miss nothing. Partly it’s greed, but mainly its curiosity. We just want to experience it. And we do.
AGNES DE MILLEModern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don’t even look at one another.
AGNES DE MILLEThe 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.
AGNES DE MILLEModern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
AGNES DE MILLEDancers 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.
AGNES DE MILLEgreat artists can be uncertain. Of course they are while strugggling to find solutions.
AGNES DE MILLEWe can’t stand silence, because silence includes thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
AGNES DE MILLEDancers aren’t made of their technique, but their passion.
AGNES DE MILLEDance in the body you have.
AGNES DE MILLETo 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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