The height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm. — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
The Dance can, with the aid of music, rise to the heights of poetry. On the other hand, through an excess of gymnastics it can also degenerate into buffoonery. So-called "difficult" feats can be executed by countless adepts, but the… — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
Mannerism is not character, and affectation is the avowed enemy of grace. Every dancer ought to regard his laborious art as a link in… — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire is not dependent upon taste or pleasure, but is founded on the immutable laws of… — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
The Dance is an art because it demands vocation, knowledge, and ability. — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
The art of Mime encompasses all the feelings of the soul. The Dance, on the other hand, is essentially an expression of joy, a… — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
The beautiful always retains the freshness of novelty, while the astonishing soon grow tiresome. — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect. — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
It is not so much upon the number of exercises, as the care with which they are done, that progreses and skill depend. — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
The height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm. — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
The Dance can, with the aid of music, rise to the heights of poetry. On the other hand, through an excess of gymnastics it… — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
