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- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.
- Excellent
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night.
- Luxury
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot.
- Last
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them.
- Nov 07, 2020
It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020