I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers of emotion be weak, their powers of expression will be likewise.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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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