It's like the time capsule with everything in it. Or like the seed that when you plant it, becomes the enormous tree with leaves and fruit. Everybody was in that little seed, and so everything can open. The tree of… — 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
