Graeme Murphy

Dance is so joyous.

— Graeme Murphy

I'm interested in people who can take the movement somewhere.

— Graeme Murphy

I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them.

— Graeme Murphy

Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography.

— Graeme Murphy

No one was creating and I always wanted to be created on.

— Graeme Murphy

It's not a company of exponents of my style.

— Graeme Murphy

Sydney is a very good market for us - we have a very strong following here.

— Graeme Murphy

I'm in the position to pick the cream of the crop.

— Graeme Murphy

And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.

— Graeme Murphy

Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater.

— Graeme Murphy

We moved, and there was a golden era in the '40s when we were so conscious of who we were as Australians.

— Graeme Murphy

I'm thrilled at the moment because our audiences, you know, they... the demographic is 50% male.

— Graeme Murphy

I mean, I think in the early days we were pretty... pretty British in our entertainment leads.

— Graeme Murphy

Some are less giving, others are more reticent and you actually have to create for them. Others have within them the next…

— Graeme Murphy

I don't think people we'll miss the fact that SDC is way up there and that our profile is high.

— Graeme Murphy

It's the emotional trigger points that are important to me because I know if I could believe in the characters and try…

— Graeme Murphy

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian…

— Graeme Murphy

We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and…

— Graeme Murphy

But I also wanted to give them an intelligent emotional journey, without having to suspend reality - to be able to look…

— Graeme Murphy

If the year 2000 can help us move into the future, that's fine, but I am afraid that people see it as…

— Graeme Murphy

For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press…

— Graeme Murphy

I wanted to give people - which is fairly bizarre considering my whole life is contemporary dance really - I wanted to…

— Graeme Murphy

I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pick or blossoms that are…

— Graeme Murphy

I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.

— Graeme Murphy

Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do.

— Graeme Murphy

We also tour nationally and internationally.

— Graeme Murphy

There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company.

— Graeme Murphy

I think the Olympics could help us reach more people.

— Graeme Murphy

I actually build my dreams around the dancers I've got in my company.

— Graeme Murphy

SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.

— Graeme Murphy

I'm not interested in a group of people with some sort of incredible homogeny,a group that can do the movement I want.…

— Graeme Murphy