Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there's already a plot.
If you don't feel challenged, it's because you're not doing enough. Ballet should never feel comfortable. Comfortable is lazy! If you're comfortable … - George Balanchine
If you don't feel challenged, it's because you're not doing enough. Ballet should never feel comfortable. Comfortable is lazy! If you're comfortable …
- George Balanchine
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener. - George Balanchine
The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.
Music must be seen, and dance must be heard - George Balanchine
Music must be seen, and dance must be heard
First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers. - George Balanchine
First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.
In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better. - George Balanchine
In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.
What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is. - George Balanchine
What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.
Dance is music made visible - George Balanchine
Dance is music made visible
I don't have a past. I have a continuous present. The past is part of the present, just as the future is. We exist in time. - George Balanchine
I don't have a past. I have a continuous present. The past is part of the present, just as the future is. We exist in time.
Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there's already a plot. - George Balanchine
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