Mikhail Baryshnikov

It’s what’s left in life, to work with interesting people. Mikhail Baryshnikov Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him. Mikhail Baryshnikov Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great. Mikhail Baryshnikov Dancers are stripped enough onstage. [...]

Josephine Baker

I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely. Josephine Baker I wasn’t really naked. I simply didn’t have any clothes on. Josephine Baker The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains. Josephine Baker Beautiful? It’s all a [...]

George Balanchine

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. George Balanchine One is born to be a great dancer. George Balanchine The ballet is a purely female thing; it is a woman, a garden of beautiful flowers, [...]

Michael Jackson

You know, let’s put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn’t be a person left in town. Michael Jackson And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I’d see all the children [...]

Alvin Ailey

No matter what you write or choreograph, you feel it’s not enough. Alvin Ailey Choreography is mentally draining, but there’s a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music. Alvin Ailey My feelings about myself have been terrible. Alvin Ailey Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from [...]

Khandi Alexander

I like comedy, I love it very much, I love laughing. Khandi Alexander This hiatus coming up I’m looking at a comedy because I need the balance. Khandi Alexander I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly [...]

Merce Cunningham

My dance classes were open to anybody, my only stipulation was that they had to come to the class every day. Merce Cunningham I was told that I had to give grades to the students, which I wasn’t particularly interested in doing. Merce Cunningham