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.

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

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

If Balanchine had any secret, it was one that has endured through two hundred years of classical ballet. It is that dancing correctly in three dimensions, on the music, creates the fourth dimension of meaning.

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.

Ballet is only good when it is great.

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.