Agnes de Mille
Agnes de Mille
Agnes George de Millewas an American dancer and choreographer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth18 September 1905
CountryUnited States of America
hypnosis self giving
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don't even look at one another. They are just a lot of isolated individuals jiggling in a kind of self-hypnosis and dancing with others only to remind themselves that we are not completely alone in this world.
way study dropping
I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping.
dance play
Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play.
tombstone dancing dancer
I want one word on my tombstone - dancer.
body
Dance in the body you have.
dance writing winning
The 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.
men white-man feet
No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.
dance steps performing
When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience. I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.
creative demon accepting
The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
dance practice mirrors
The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.
dance dancer calves
A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
artist next form
Living is a form of not being sure, not know what next or how... The artists never entirely knows.
believe thinking color
What have we got here in America that we believe we cannot live without? We have the most varied and imaginative bathrooms in the world, we have kitchens with the most gimmicks, we have houses with every possible electrical gadget to save ourselves all kinds of trouble - all so that we can have leisure. Leisure, leisure, leisure! So that we don't go mad in the leisure, we have color TV. So that there will never, never, be a moment of silence, we have radio and Muzak. We can't stand silence, because silence includes thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.