One of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people I think ought to have more and correct some of the matters fate fails to take care of.
Agnes de MilleTo make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea.
Agnes de MilleLiving is a form of not being sure, not know what next or how... The artists never entirely knows.
Agnes de MilleThe choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.
Agnes de MilleDancing is such a despised and dishonored trade that if you tell a doctor or a laywer you do choreography he'll look at you as if you were a hummingbird. Dancers don't get invited to visit people. It is assumed a boy dancer will run off with the spoons and a girl with the head of the house.
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