Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova
Natalia Romanovna Makarovais a Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina and choreographer. The History of Dance, published in 1981, notes that “her performances set standards of artistry and aristocracy of dance which mark her as the finest ballerina of her generation in the West.”...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth21 October 1940
CountryRussian Federation
relaxation body physicality
Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.
lakes swans black
Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.
hard-life hard ifs
It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
perfect done proud
It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
heart body steps
It is the body, subject to the harmony of the steps it is executing, which speaks. And it speaks to the heart in as direct a language as does music.
mother gypsy knows
I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.
art want
I want to be free... free to develop my art.
important-events chance life-happens
All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
motivational peace lying
To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.
dance running spiritual
The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should not seem to touch the ground.
lakes swans nutcrackers
You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.
insatiable new-words
I recently learn a new word: insatiable. That's me.
real space personality
A real ballerina must fill her space with her own personality.
simple perfection giving
Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.