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 BalanchineAbout author
- Author's profession: Dancer
- Nationality: russian
- Born: January 9, 1904
- Died: April 30, 1983
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