Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes.

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Exactly the same with dancing, you can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your...

Exactly the same with dancing, you can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your...

There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence.

There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence.

The best way to study is to go to the Cecchetti method for about a...

The best way to study is to go to the Cecchetti method for about a...

Classical ballet will never die.

Classical ballet will never die.

And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.

And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.

There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad, and indifferent.

There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad, and indifferent.

Also, if you have an accident, you can't start to dance again at the top,...

Also, if you have an accident, you can't start to dance again at the top,...

Well, I mean, we are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all...

Well, I mean, we are developing the other parts, and we can't give quite all...

It's either not good enough and dies altogether, or it develops.

It's either not good enough and dies altogether, or it develops.

Hardly any generation wants to take the whole of the last generation, it just wants...

Hardly any generation wants to take the whole of the last generation, it just wants...

Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.

Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull.

You can't stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can't...

You can't stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can't...

God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our...

God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our...

First of all, the most important, that is to learn everything good that has survived...

First of all, the most important, that is to learn everything good that has survived...

Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours.

Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours.

All the children in the school should learn the steps of everything, before they learn...

All the children in the school should learn the steps of everything, before they learn...

So it takes years to make a solid company.

So it takes years to make a solid company.

As time goes on, all schools only get left alive if they have found something...

As time goes on, all schools only get left alive if they have found something...