"We either have a ballet to taped music or canned music or perhaps no ballet at all, and we are very close to no ballet at all." ~ Margo McCann, interim...
"Security guards interrogated me similarly, and they also asked me to dance. Maybe I need to get used to dancing at airports." ~ Abdur-Rahim Jackson, as quoted...
"The image of Bodhisattva in the dance represents concept of caring and love, which is absolutely suitable for the gala of the Paralympics." ~ Zhang Jigang,...
"Experimentation is always welcome, but presentation needs to be done with care and thought. Understanding the roots of the dance form allows one to...
"'You no longer market a performance that you sit and look at. What you offer is a complete experience that begins before the performance even starts and may...
"In the early days I just wanted Hispanics to have a voice in dance and for people to get to know us as people. Because, you know, you went to see a ballet,...
"But if the next owner wants to use the electricity to power his toaster, it can do that just as well." ~ Michel Smit, as quoted in the NY Times on the dance...
"Choreographically I kept having images of multiplicity, of multiplying one to many. From there came the idea of chorus girls, and then the idea of an assembly...
"The dancers did extremely well, the choreographers were pleased, and if some people disliked some of the works, well, at least we're being talked about." ~...
"We have to meet the artist halfway, we have to bring something before we can take something away" ~ Dance Critic Clive Barnes, as quoted in his NY Times...
"I don't think anybody knew `Revelations' was going to be an earth-shaking event. The rehearsals were all in between shows; there was no time to think about...
"There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything. ~...
"I wanted to make people happy, if only for an hour." ~ Choreographer / Film Maker Busby Berkeley. The Lincoln Center is currently honoring his work. More...
"'I guess there's a community dance spirit that says if you fall, get back up. And, if somebody else falls, help them up ... and we're still here.'" ~ Cleo...
"Nora also likes to jitterbug, but when she tried it one night in a Budapest café, she was warned it might get her into trouble as too Western. Another...
"I didn't want to see myself with a plastic hip in 10 years." ~Ballerina Darci Kistler, the last NYC Ballet dancer to be hired by Balanchine announced her...
"I told you to sell it, not give it away." ~Jerome Robbins is featured on PBS' American Masters series. Check our listings section to find out when it is...
The dance world has lost another luminary, Pearl Lang, who started with Martha Graham's company and developed her own successful company. A review of her...
"'This has nothing to do with finance,' Mr. Carlson said. `The decision comes from Merce and has no other grounds.'" ~ The Executive director of the Merce...
"'This is no safe prearranged marriage of dance and disability.'" ~ Lawrence Carter-Long, a disabled dancer, speaks about Gimp, the dance group that features...
"I am honored to serve them all and move forward the goals of our programs." ~ Holly Williams. She was appointed as Interim Chair of the Department of Theatre...
"`This problem can only be resolved if both parties find a solution that will be beneficial for producers, distributors and multiplexes, and hence for the...
"`To prevent someone from having the opportunity to show work is not something we would think is ethical.'" ~ Vallejo Gantner, Performance Space 122's artistic...
"`My husband and I believe firmly that arts education develops innovative thinkers.'" ~ Michelle Obama, at the ABT gala performance, as quoted in the NY Times....
"'It's a one in 1,000 chance that this could work, and I think we found that one.'" ~ Peter Boal, School of American Ballet, on Sokvannara Sar, a traditional...
"'He pulls different things from different people, from Sammy Davis, Jr., a bit of Elvis, a bit of James Brown, some Bob Fosse, Fred Astaire, what's happening...
"Even with commissions from ballet companies I always make work on my own dancers first. I don't choreograph with ballet technique in mind." ~Paul Taylor as...
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