Natalia Makarova Quotes
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Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.
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I recently learn a new word: insatiable. That's me.
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It is the body, subject to the harmony of the steps it is executing, which speaks. And it speaks to the heart in as direct a language as does music.
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It’s hard to find backbone.I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.
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All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should not seem to touch the ground.
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What I am looking for is a masterpiece. I don't want to waste my time. I am tired of experiments.
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Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.
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I think often that God is guiding me.
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I prepare myself very intensely. I am at the theatre four hours before the performance. It allows for complete concentration and preparation.
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People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.
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Usually, English personalities are difficult; they dont take criticism easily.
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Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.
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Being spontaneous, it's what saved me.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.
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I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.
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Even the ears must dance.
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I was born to be a ballerina - my physique, my spirit, my feeling for music. What I am can only be expressed in dance. I am an erotic woman and that's what dance is.
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I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.
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A real ballerina must fill her space with her own personality.
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I want to be free... free to develop my art.
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