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"I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching."
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"In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them."
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"In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry."
"I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury."
"Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism."
"I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies."
"I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly."
"I started formal piano training when I was 4. From there I had little violas, and I had dancing lessons of every sort and description, and painting lessons. I had German. And shorthand."
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