"The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant's trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft."
-George Balanchine
"I don't want dancers who want to dance, I want dancers who need to dance."
-George Balanchine
"I don't want dancers who want to dance, I want dancers who need to dance."
-George Balanchine
"Many other women kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion." -Agnes de Mille
"It takes an athlete to dance, but it takes an artist to be a dancer."
-Shanna LaFleur
"Plie is the first thing you learn and the last thing you master."
-Suzanna Farrell
"Dance is the song of the body"
-Martha Graham
"Technical perfection is insufficient. It is an orphan without the true soul of a dancer."
-Sylvie Guillam
"Let us read and let us dance, two amusements that will never do any harm to the world."
-Voltaire
"Dance for yourself. If someone else understands, good. If not, then no matter, go right on doing what you love."
-Louis Horst
"Let us read and let us dance, two amusements that will never do any harm to the world."
-Voltaire
"Dance for yourself. If someone else understands, good. If not, then no matter, go right on doing what you love."
-Louis Horst
Quotes from http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/Whitbit/quotes.html and sites on my bibliography.
