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George Balanchine Quotes

George Balanchine quotes

Russian Dancer January 9, 1904 – April 30, 1983

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Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policemen, always alert, always tense. But I dont agree with that because policemen don't have to look beautiful at the same time. George Balanchine
George Balanchine quote: "The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden..."
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. George Balanchine
In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better. George Balanchine
George Balanchine quote: "Dancing is music made visible."
Dancing is music made visible. George Balanchine
George Balanchine quote: "See the music, hear the dance."
See the music, hear the dance. George Balanchine
George Balanchine quote: "Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If..."
Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned. George Balanchine
The choreographer and the dancer must rememberthat they reach the audience through the eye. It's the illusion created which convinces the audience, much as it is with the work of a magician George Balanchine
Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for—for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now. George Balanchine
George Balanchine quote: "Your eyes is camera and your brain is a file cabinet."
Your eyes is camera and your brain is a file cabinet. George Balanchine
God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do. George Balanchine
George Balanchine quote: "I don't want people who want to dance. I want people who have..."
I don't want people who want to dance. I want people who have to dance. George Balanchine
George Balanchine quote: "In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we..."
In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms. George Balanchine
George Balanchine quote: "What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all..."
What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is. George Balanchine
George Balanchine quote: "One is born to be a great dancer."
One is born to be a great dancer. George Balanchine
George Balanchine quote: "Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays."
Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays. George Balanchine

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