There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
I liked the structure of ballet.
I deliberately made an effort not to become an expert on the ballet.
I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner.
I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting.
If I had to reflect on the finest classical male ballet dancers of my time, Vladimir Vasiliev of the Bolshoi and the Danish dancer Eric Bruhn were, I feel, without peer.
I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.
I copied my brother. He was a natural dancer. Graceful. People always asked did we study ballet. We never did.
The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.