Arlene Croce Quotes

Good choreography fuses eye, ear and mind.

Ballet is only good when it is great.

a masterpiece doesn't so much transcend its time as perpetuate it; it keeps its moment alive.

True genius doesn't fulfill expectations, it shatters them.

It is through strength of technique that the body stays in possession of music.

To think of criticism as a conversation is to think of it as a social act, something that puts you in touch with other people who may think the way you do.

Writing is the process by which you explain to yourself what happened to you.

Style consists in maintaining a convincing reality all through a piece. It's like wearing a garment that looks as if it might have been made for you even if it wasn't.

It is not the man speaking through the woman, it is the woman speaking through the man.

True genius doesn't fulfill expectations it shatters them.