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 they think they don't understand it. Actually they do. It's the most primitive form of appeal.
I don't despair about the cultural scene in Australia because there isn't one to despair about. - Robert Helpmann
I don't despair about the cultural scene in Australia because there isn't one to despair about.
- Robert Helpmann
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… - Robert Helpmann
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…
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. … - Robert Helpmann
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. …
I think you can be contemporary without taking your clothes off. - Robert Helpmann
I think you can be contemporary without taking your clothes off.
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… - Robert Helpmann
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…
The trouble with nude dancing is that not everything stops when the music stops. - Robert Helpmann
The trouble with nude dancing is that not everything stops when the music stops.
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. - Robert Helpmann
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… - Robert Helpmann
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…
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… - Robert Helpmann
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…
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