Occupation: Dancer Birth: April 9, 1909 Death: September 28, 1986
Ballet is like football. I don't understand a footballer's technique but I can see when he's playing brilliantly. People don't like ballet because th….
Aren't all ballets sexy? I think they should be. I can think of nothing more kinky than a prince chasing a swan around all night..
I was always nervous about coming back to Australia which was a complete hangover of the days when I left when ballet was not accepted, when I was no….
I don't despair about the cultural scene in Australia because there isn't one to despair about..
The trouble with nude dancing is that not everything stops when the music stops..
People often say to me - how clever you are! How brilliant to be able to go from ballet to theatre as you do. I answer that it is not clever at all. ….
Theatre remains the only thing I understand. It is in the community of theatre that I have my being. In spite of jealousies and fears, emotional conf….
And I saw Australia anew through her eyes. And I realised what a tremendously thrilling country it was. And ever since then I have been coming back r….
I think you can be contemporary without taking your clothes off..