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Small: As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate
"As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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Small: You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God
Ruth St. Denis
"You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God"
Ruth St. Denis, Dancer
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Small: We can scale the heights of mountains and see the world rayed out before us, but we fail to recognize that whi
Ruth St. Denis
"We can scale the heights of mountains and see the world rayed out before us, but we fail to recognize that which is before us"
Ruth St. Denis, Dancer
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Small: Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to re
Ruth St. Denis
"Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature. art and religion"
Ruth St. Denis, Dancer
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Small: The best way to study is to go to the Cecchetti method for about a year and draw onto all the highest points a
"The best way to study is to go to the Cecchetti method for about a year and draw onto all the highest points and then put that into the general method"
Ninette de Valois, Dancer
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Small: First of all, the most important, that is to learn everything good that has survived from other times, and car
"First of all, the most important, that is to learn everything good that has survived from other times, and carefully to watch the bad - and throw it out"
Ninette de Valois, Dancer
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Small: The dance world is too small in lots of ways - its too intense, it rattles around itself, and it needs exposin
"The dance world is too small in lots of ways - it's too intense, it rattles around itself, and it needs exposing to other ideas"
Siobhan Davies, Dancer
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Small: Independent dance - and, fine, its a very good thing that it remains independent - is a much tougher life: all
"Independent dance - and, fine, it's a very good thing that it remains independent - is a much tougher life: all dancers expect that, and accept that there will be periods of not being able to work, provided there are choice moments during the year when they really can work"
Siobhan Davies, Dancer
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Small: You dont learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and you give yourself credit, but yo
"You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and you give yourself credit, but you don't really learn from that. You learn from trial and error, trial and error, all the time"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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Small: The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for
"The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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Small: Its ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are living. You havent lived in t
"It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are living. You haven't lived in the moment that you are really living, you are wishing you were somewhere else"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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Small: I didnt have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes
"I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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Small: My work has been much more Caribbean and eclectic. I am interested in people, and where they come from happens
Katherine Dunham
"My work has been much more Caribbean and eclectic. I am interested in people, and where they come from happens to have fallen within an area of Africa"
Katherine Dunham, Dancer
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Small: Black people should have recognition for themselves and their backgrounds and their relationships with other p
Katherine Dunham
"Black people should have recognition for themselves and their backgrounds and their relationships with other people in the world and thus lose some of their alienation. This museum has certainly stood for that in this town"
Katherine Dunham, Dancer
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Small: Ive always believed that the facts about dancing are more interesting than the myths, and this was a great cha
"I've always believed that the facts about dancing are more interesting than the myths, and this was a great chance for me to explore how the human body does such incredible things"
Deborah Bull, Dancer
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Small: As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets s
"As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are becoming less technically or physically able, younger dancers are emerging who need the space to perform"
Deborah Bull, Dancer
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Small: No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time it is just that others are behind the times
"No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times"
Martha Graham, Dancer
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Small: Misery is a communicable disease
"Misery is a communicable disease"
Martha Graham, Dancer
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Small: Learn by practice
"Learn by practice"
Martha Graham, Dancer
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Small: Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart
"Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart"
Martha Graham, Dancer
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Small: You know, this isnt theatre like it used to be
Katherine Dunham
"You know, this isn't theatre like it used to be"
Katherine Dunham, Dancer
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Small: Sometimes I have given my husband a manuscript to read that has turned out to have fantastic rave reviews and
Katherine Dunham
"Sometimes I have given my husband a manuscript to read that has turned out to have fantastic rave reviews and he'll tell me it is no good. Well, if I didn't know him as well as I know him I would be terribly depressed"
Katherine Dunham, Dancer
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Small: So many dancers paint. I used to paint. I started again recently. While I was dancing, I was very busy with my
Katherine Dunham
"So many dancers paint. I used to paint. I started again recently. While I was dancing, I was very busy with my career. Start something else that makes use of your creative ability because if you don't you will die inside as a person"
Katherine Dunham, Dancer
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Small: I could never live a nonproductive life and I feel that I have lived a productive life as far as I want to in
Katherine Dunham
"I could never live a nonproductive life and I feel that I have lived a productive life as far as I want to in terms of this company that I have for so many years"
Katherine Dunham, Dancer
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Small: I am happy to know that my husband regards me as a woman and a person
Katherine Dunham
"I am happy to know that my husband regards me as a woman and a person"
Katherine Dunham, Dancer
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Small: People often argue about this. Obviously one of the skills in performance is acting, and you cant expect every
"People often argue about this. Obviously one of the skills in performance is acting, and you can't expect every Romeo to really be in love with their Juliet!"
Deborah Bull, Dancer
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Small: I get to the theatre in plenty of time I prepare my shoes in advance I eat and drink the right things at the r
"I get to the theatre in plenty of time; I prepare my shoes in advance; I eat and drink the right things at the right time. The rest you have to leave to luck!"
Deborah Bull, Dancer
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Small: Dancings not always stressful, but I always make sure that Im prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally,
"Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically"
Deborah Bull, Dancer
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Small: The only sin is mediocrity
"The only sin is mediocrity"
Martha Graham, Dancer
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Small: Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why
"Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can"
Martha Graham, Dancer
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