Balanchine Quotes

8 quotes by 8 authors

• Do you know what it took for Balanchine to put me, a black man, on stage with a white woman? This was 1957, before civil… — Arthur Mitchell
• I'm born originally in Toronto, and I have what I call my 'Fame' story. I took a Greyhound bus and went to Alvin Ailey and… — Laurieann Gibson
• There was a stage when Balanchine and I didn't talk. I was trying to develop my classical technique as opposed to the fast-track technique that… — Gelsey Kirkland
• I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me. — Twyla Tharp
• Mozart, Pascal, Boolean algebra, Shakespeare, parliamentary government, baroque churches, Newton, the emancipation of women, Kant, Balanchine ballets, et al. don’t redeem what this particular civilization… — Susan Sontag
• I think Balanchine and Robbins talk to God and when I call, he's out to lunch. — Bob Fosse
• If Balanchine had any secret, it was one that has endured through two hundred years of classical ballet. It is that dancing correctly in three… — Arlene Croce
• Martha Graham, along with George Balanchine, is one of the two commanding figures in 20th-century American dance. For those much younger than I am, her… — Robert Gottlieb

Who Wrote These Balanchine Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 8 Balanchine Quotes as follows:

• 1 Balanchine Quote by Arthur Mitchell
• 1 Balanchine Quote by Laurieann Gibson
• 1 Balanchine Quote by Gelsey Kirkland
• 1 Balanchine Quote by Twyla Tharp
• 1 Balanchine Quote by Susan Sontag
• 1 Balanchine Quote by Bob Fosse
• 1 Balanchine Quote by Arlene Croce
• 1 Balanchine Quote by Robert Gottlieb