Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

Quote by Agnes De Mille

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made...

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made...

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a...

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a...

Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And...

Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And...

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than...

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than...

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is...

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is...

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never...

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never...

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies...

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies...

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies...

The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies...

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful.

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful.

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The...

Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The...

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.

The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap...

The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap...

Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult. It never becomes easy...it becomes possible.

Ballet technique is arbitrary and very difficult. It never becomes easy...it becomes possible.

Most people think of ballet as children in little tutus. They don't know it is...

Most people think of ballet as children in little tutus. They don't know it is...

Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.

Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.

You don't have to know about ballet to enjoy it, all you have to do...

You don't have to know about ballet to enjoy it, all you have to do...

Men wearing pants so tight that you can tell what religion they are.

Men wearing pants so tight that you can tell what religion they are.

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is...

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is...

My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked...

My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked...