Ballet Quote by Rudolf Nureyev

“I am still on stage. If you read Press...you would believe that I should be gone. But here I am doing it and DOING IT WELL!”

Rudolf Nureyev

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I’m really alive when I’m on stage,

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For me, purity of movement wasn't enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind.

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