The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire is not dependent upon taste or pleasure, but is founded on the immutable laws of Nature.
August BournonvilleMannerism is not character, and affectation is the avowed enemy of grace. Every dancer ought to regard his laborious art as a link in the chain of beauty, as a useful ornament for the stage, and this, in turn, as an important element in the spiritual development of nations.
August BournonvilleThe height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm.
August Bournonville