Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrellis an eminent 20th-century ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth16 August 1945
CountryUnited States of America
thinking goes-on world
I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes on in your life, or in the politics of the world around you, it is wonderful to go into that studio, and tell yourself what to do.
thinking dancer childhood
I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great going into the life that I was going to have, where you have to start young as a dancer.
dance thinking important
I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to be a ballerina.
sister thinking two
I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that was a great sort of preparation, in a way.
thinking hands ballet-class
On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a discipline, it gives you a place to go. It gives you some control in your life.
american-dancer aware life react wonderful
The wonderful thing about life it that there will always be variables. You have to see them and be aware of them to know how to react to them.
I can't read a note. I have lots of discipline, but I can't sit still at any instrument.
ballets chance extreme
I like dramatic ballets, particularly if they're ballets in which I have a chance to go from one extreme of style or characterization to another.
american-dancer eyes front life lights message void
When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void out in front of you. And yet you know there is life out there, and you have to get your message across.
fit music nature second seems steps struggling
The steps must be second nature to me, so that the music seems to be drawing the steps out of me and I don't look as if I'm struggling to fit the steps to the music.
add entire fortified grain including lots refined
Whole grains are just that, the entire grain including the bran, the germ, and the endosperm. Lots of refined carbohydrates are fortified to add back some of the nutrients, but you can't add back all the fiber.
coming dance-and-dancing dancing girl keeps
I still feel like a 15 year-old girl coming to New York. Dancing does that to you. I think it keeps you really young.
believe honest performer spectator
I don't believe you can be an honest performer and a spectator at the same time.
dance-and-dancing dancing fall grateful survival
I was grateful that I had dancing to fall back on. It was my survival tactic. It was my friend. It was always there.