The Dance can, with the aid of music, rise to the heights of poetry. On the other hand, through an excess of gymnastics it can also degenerate into buffoonery. So-called "difficult" feats can be executed by countless adepts, but the appearance of ease is achieved only by the chosen few.
August BournonvilleIt is not so much upon the number of exercises, as the care with which they are done, that progreses and skill depend.
August BournonvilleThe height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm.
August Bournonville