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George Balanchine Quotes: I don't want people who want to dance I want people who have to dance.
         

I don't want people who want to dance I want people who have to dance.


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In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

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I don't have a past. I have a continuous present. The past is part of the present, just as the future is. We exist in time.

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What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.



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Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense. But I don't agree with that because policeman don't have to look beautiful at the same time.



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I don't want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance.



The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.

The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, and man is the gardener.



Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays.

Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays.



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Dance is music made visible





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