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Ninette De Valois Quotes

First of all, the most important, that is to learn everything good that has survived from other times, and carefully to watch the bad - and throw it out Picture Quote #1

You can’t stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can’t stop it, you shouldn’t, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone Picture Quote #1

Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes Picture Quote #1

No no, we ALL teach each other, whether it’s dancing, whether it’s singing, whether it’s talking, we all listen to each other. That’s progress Picture Quote #1

Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes Picture Quote #1

So it takes years to make a solid company Picture Quote #1

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Classical ballet will never die Picture Quote #1

It’s either not good enough and dies altogether, or it develops Picture Quote #1

Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours Picture Quote #1

Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing in the world that isn’t good, bad, and indifferent Picture Quote #1

You cannot create genius. All you can do is nurture it Picture Quote #1

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Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing Picture Quote #1

Nothing is done easily, first have the thing, then the thing has a success, then all sorts of difficulties arise through the success Picture Quote #1

Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you’re paying so much attention to the new thing Picture Quote #1

Exactly the same with dancing, you can’t dance until you’ve learnt steps, the things your feet can do Picture Quote #1

You never advance without losing something en passant... you lose it because you’re paying so much attention to the new thing Picture Quote #1

You can’t dance until you’ve learnt steps, the things your feet can do Picture Quote #1

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We are developing the other parts, and we can’t give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the lower parts will be developed, and the upper part and the lower part will become partners, that will be wonderful Picture Quote #1

All the children in the school should learn the steps of everything, before they learn the thing, then they know which step they’re doing better, because your voice is in certain steps and has to do most of the things that have been composed in those steps Picture Quote #1

You can’t stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can’t stop it, you shouldn’t, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone Picture Quote #1

Hardly any generation wants to take the whole of the last generation, it just wants to take its best bits Picture Quote #1

God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our different countries we divided them all a little differently as we feel it, do you understand? Picture Quote #1

And then you have the classical ballerinas, they’re like sopranos. Applied to the dance Picture Quote #1

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First of all, the most important, that is to learn everything good that has survived from other times, and carefully to watch the bad - and throw it out. (Ninette De Valois Quotes) You can’t stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can’t stop it, you shouldn’t, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone. (Ninette De Valois Quotes) Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes. (Ninette De Valois Quotes) No no, we ALL teach each other, whether it’s dancing, whether it’s singing, whether it’s talking, we all listen to each other. That’s progress (Ninette De Valois Quotes) Oh yes, after the war, and we were all starving - we had no proper food or anything - no proper shoes (Ninette De Valois Quotes) So it takes years to make a solid company (Ninette De Valois Quotes) Classical ballet will never die (Ninette De Valois Quotes) It’s either not good enough and dies altogether, or it develops (Ninette De Valois Quotes) Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours (Ninette De Valois Quotes) Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull (Ninette De Valois Quotes) There’s nothing in the world that isn’t good, bad, and indifferent (Ninette De Valois Quotes) You cannot create genius. All you can do is nurture it (Ninette De Valois Quotes) Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing (Ninette De Valois Quotes) Nothing is done easily, first have the thing, then the thing has a success, then all sorts of difficulties arise through the success (Ninette De Valois Quotes) Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you’re paying so much attention to the new thing (Ninette De Valois Quotes) Exactly the same with dancing, you can’t dance until you’ve learnt steps, the things your feet can do (Ninette De Valois Quotes) You never advance without losing something en passant... you lose it because you’re paying so much attention to the new thing (Ninette De Valois Quotes) You can’t dance until you’ve learnt steps, the things your feet can do (Ninette De Valois Quotes) We are developing the other parts, and we can’t give quite all our attention to the upper part, but soon the lower parts will be developed, and the upper part and the lower part will become partners, that will be wonderful (Ninette De Valois Quotes) All the children in the school should learn the steps of everything, before they learn the thing, then they know which step they’re doing better, because your voice is in certain steps and has to do most of the things that have been composed in those steps (Ninette De Valois Quotes) You can’t stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can’t stop it, you shouldn’t, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone (Ninette De Valois Quotes) Hardly any generation wants to take the whole of the last generation, it just wants to take its best bits (Ninette De Valois Quotes) God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our different countries we divided them all a little differently as we feel it, do you understand? (Ninette De Valois Quotes) And then you have the classical ballerinas, they’re like sopranos. Applied to the dance (Ninette De Valois Quotes)