"The art of Mime encompasses all the feelings……" — August Bournonville
"The art of Mime encompasses all the feelings of the soul. The Dance, on the other hand, is essentially an expression of joy, a desire to follow the rhythms of the music."
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August Bournonville
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11 Quotes by August Bournonville
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The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire
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The Dance is an art because it demands vocation, knowledge, and ability.
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It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect.
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Joy is a strength; intoxication, a weakness.
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The beautiful always retains the freshness of novelty, while the astonishing soon grow tiresome.
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The Dance can, with the aid of music, rise to the heights of poetry. On the other hand, through an…
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The height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm.
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Mannerism is not character, and affectation is the avowed enemy of grace. Every dancer ought to regard his laborious art…
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It is not so much upon the number of exercises, as the care with which they are done, that progreses…
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The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire is not dependent upon taste or pleasure, but is founded on…
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