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"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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"We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry."
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"Dance on the stage of life with love in your heart, a smile on your face, and a great vision in your mind."
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"Dance with your own way with your own tune no matter who watches it."
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"Dance with the waves of sea and sing with the sky,touch the sands with love and let your mind fly high."
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"I'm working on a screenplay right now for the BBC, but I hope to have the decks cleared soon so I can get into the studio with my pals and put down some more tracks, try to get a strong dance single together."
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"The real dance is a spontaneous body movement that in harmony with the beats of the music in your heart."
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"Dance as if you got lost in the mystery and beauty of life."
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"The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing."
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"There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration."
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"In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff."
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"A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things."
People
"The necessity to constantly turn in an excellent performance, to be absolutely wedded to this dedication and this ideal means that as a child you're going to pay for it personally."
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"I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift."
Life
"I often say that in making dances I can make a world where I think things are done morally, done democratically, done honestly."
World
"With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances."
Mother
"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."
Woman
"It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer."
College
"I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter."
Time
"I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot."
History
"The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts."
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