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 head. I will give him steadiness, brilliancy and speed; but… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
No matter the style, the farther one goes the more obstacles increase, and the more distant appears the object it is desired to attain.… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
The defects born of habit are innumerable. I see every child occupied in some way in disarranging and disfiguring his physique; some displace the ankles through the habit they have contracted of standing on one leg only and playing, as it were, with the other; placing it in a position which though disagreeable and strained, does not fatigue them, because… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
I know that applause is food for the arts, but it ceases to be wholesome if administered indiscriminately; and the nutrition is so rich… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
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 themselves only to the material side of their art, they learn to jump more or less high, they strive mechanically to execute a number of steps, and like children, who utter a great many words… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share
At our theaters we only see feeble copies of the copies that have proceeded them, renounce that slavish routine which keeps your art in… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
I will make an average man into an average dancer, provided he be passably well made. I will teach him how to move his… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
When the music and dance create with accord...their magic captivates both the heart and the mind. — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
If our ballets be feeble, monotonous and dull, if they be devoid of ideas, meaning, expression and character, it is less the fault of… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
