No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired to attain. Again, the most strenuous labor affords the greatest artists but a disquieting gleam which only reveals their inadequacy, while the self-satisfied ignoramus surrounded by the deepest gloom flatters himself that he has nothing more to learn.
If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of the art than th… - Jean-Georges Noverre
If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of the art than th…
- Jean-Georges Noverre
I will make an average man into an average dancer, provided he be passably well made. I will teach him how to move his arms and legs, to turn his hea… - Jean-Georges Noverre
I will make an average man into an average dancer, provided he be passably well made. I will teach him how to move his arms and legs, to turn his hea…
A fine picture is but the image of nature; a finished ballet is nature herself. - Jean-Georges Noverre
A fine picture is but the image of nature; a finished ballet is nature herself.
It is shameful that dancing should renounce the empire it might assert over the mind and only endeavor to please the sight. - Jean-Georges Noverre
It is shameful that dancing should renounce the empire it might assert over the mind and only endeavor to please the sight.
True art consists in concealing art. - Jean-Georges Noverre
True art consists in concealing art.
In order that our art may arrive at the degree of the sublime which I demand and hope for, it is imperative for dancers to divide their time and stud… - Jean-Georges Noverre
In order that our art may arrive at the degree of the sublime which I demand and hope for, it is imperative for dancers to divide their time and stud…
The defect in wisdom and taste which exists among the majority of dancers is due to the bad education which they generally receive. They apply themse… - Jean-Georges Noverre
The defect in wisdom and taste which exists among the majority of dancers is due to the bad education which they generally receive. They apply themse…
Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did not in some way cl… - Jean-Georges Noverre
Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did not in some way cl…
At our theaters we only see feeble copies of the copies that have proceeded them, renounce that slavish routine which keeps your art in its infancy; … - Jean-Georges Noverre
At our theaters we only see feeble copies of the copies that have proceeded them, renounce that slavish routine which keeps your art in its infancy; …
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