I prepare myself very intensely. I am at the theatre four hours before the performance. It allows for complete concentration and preparation. — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world, — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
It is the body, subject to the harmony of the steps it is executing, which speaks. And it speaks to the heart in as… — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains. — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes… — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance. — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should not seem… — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they… — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother. — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
I am different because I have better schooling, better understanding of the line, gesture, how feet working, positions. They taught me modern things... and… — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
