After I stopped dancing, I was unable to listen to beautiful music. — Suzanne Farrell Ballet Copy Share Image
Fifth positions, heads, musicality, energy. Not technical things so much-getting your leg higher or doing more turns but things that would set… — Suzanne Farrell Ballet Copy Share Image
I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing. — Suzanne Farrell Class Copy Share Image
When you are on stage in front of an audience, you want to engage the entire crowd. If a thousand people are… — Suzanne Farrell Audience Copy Share Image
“Plie is the first thing you learn and the last thing you master.” — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition. — Suzanne Farrell Competing Copy Share Image
I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales that we were required to translate in… — Suzanne Farrell Interesting Copy Share Image
I like dramatic ballets, particularly if they're ballets in which I have a chance to go from one extreme of style or… — Suzanne Farrell Another Copy Share Image
I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes. — Suzanne Farrell Ability Copy Share Image
I loved the stage not because it provided an escape from myself or my humdrum life but because when the curtain went… — Suzanne Farrell Curtains Copy Share Image
When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world. — Suzanne Farrell Real Copy Share Image
I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else.… — Suzanne Farrell Ballet Copy Share Image
I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to… — Suzanne Farrell Ballerina Copy Share Image
On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a… — Suzanne Farrell Age Copy Share Image
“The stage is not the place to remind the audience that one is human. Illusion is what they are paying for.” — Suzanne Farrell Theatre Copy Share Image
I was very happy that I was as normal as possible before I went into serious dance. — Suzanne Farrell Ballet Copy Share Image
Eating a healthy diet is not just about eating a few special foods. There's a bigger picture. You need to practice moderation,… — Suzanne Farrell Activity Copy Share Image
Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child. — Suzanne Farrell Brat Copy Share Image
In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child. — Suzanne Farrell Ballet Copy Share Image
I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time to read. — Suzanne Farrell Books Copy Share Image
I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great going into the life that I was… — Suzanne Farrell Childhood Copy Share Image
The steps must be second nature to me, so that the music seems to be drawing the steps out of me and… — Suzanne Farrell Drawing Copy Share Image
