Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for—for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now. — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same time, they… — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story; for me, they are already a story in themselves — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
The choreographer and the dancer must remember that they reach the audience through the eye. It's the illusion created which convinces the audience, much… — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense. But i dont agree with that because policeman don't… — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
I cannot move, I cannot even want to move, unless I hear the music first. — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is. — George Balanchine Copy Share Image
