When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world.

Quote by Suzanne Farrell

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I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that...

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that...

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and...

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and...

I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales...

I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales...

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

I was very much of a tomboy.

I was very much of a tomboy.

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes...

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes...

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes,...

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes,...

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I...

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I...

I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great...

I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great...

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that...

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that...

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that...

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that...

I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was...

I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was...

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.