There’s an opera out on the turnpike, there’s a ballet being fought out in the alley.
“There’s an opera out on the turnpike, there’s a ballet being … Read More
I am not an educated person. I didn’t come up through a ballet company. I came up through burlesque. So I have a lot of inferiority feelings concerning my own lack of education, my entry into show business. I’m not a Baryshnikov. I’m not a Nureyev. I came up in vaudeville. Strippers. So I’ve always had these feelings. But I think they’ve also helped me.
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When you take dancing lessons, you learn steps and you learn steps and you learn steps. It can go on for a long time. And then one day, you just learn to dance, and it is so different.
“When you take dancing lessons, you learn steps and you learn … Read More
In France, ballet is on TV … It’s on the eight-o’clock news. It’s a cool thing to be a dancer.
“In France, ballet is on TV … It’s on the eight-o’clock … Read More
So many dancers rely on some sort of magic happening on the stage. They never, for various reasons, work full out in rehearsal. That’s very uncreative. They don’t discover the kinds of things that add up to a remarkable performance.
“So many dancers rely on some sort of magic happening on … Read More
Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life.
“Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which … Read More
I have a lot of intention behind what I put out there. The reason all this stuff I do works together, the environmental and social, collaborating with ballet companies to score a show, the bike tour – all of that stuff comes together through community building with music.
“I have a lot of intention behind what I put out … Read More
I’ve never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
“I’ve never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of … Read More
When I’m doing well, it’s like I’m in a nice little ballet. Everything is going slow all around me. It’s very peaceful.
“When I’m doing well, it’s like I’m in a nice little … Read More