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Ballet Quotes
The craft behind the curtain.
One choreographer insists creating ballets is a team effort, unlike painting where it's just you and a canvas. Another names George Balanchine as a role model precisely because his work never repeats itself.
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- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.
- Humble
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember my dreams when I was a junior soloist. 'Oh, I hope I don't end here,' I thought. 'I want to do the ballerina in 'Scotch Symphony.' I don't want to be the little Scotch girl.' And I actually went beyond my wildest dreams. I worked with Balanchine. I had ballets choreographed for me.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ballets you do make you into the final product you are. And I had extraordinary partners.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a ballerina as a child - I had a tutu, and I used to stage my own ballets in our front room with my family as the audience.
- Realize
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- Nov 07, 2020
George Balanchine is my role model because his work is so varied. You can see two ballets of his and not even realize that they are by the same choreographer.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020