George Balanchine

George Balanchine quotes

First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty - if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.

God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

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Books about George Balanchine

	George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker (Eminent Lives) by Robert Gottlieb Read more... | Comments (0) | Post new comment
	All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine by Terry Teachout Read more... | Comments (0) | Post new comment
	The classic ballet;: Basic technique and terminology. Historical development by Lincoln Kirstein. Descriptive text by Muriel Stuart. Illus. by Carlus Dyer. With pref. by George Balanchine by Muriel Stuart Read more... | Comments (0) | Post new comment

George Balanchine filmography

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