Alwin Nikolais famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Basic dance--and I should qualify the word basic--is primarily concerned with motion. So immediately you will say but the basketball player is concerned with motion. That is so--but he is not concerned with it primarily. His action is a means towards an end beyond motion. In basic dance the motion is its own end--that is, it is concerned with nothing beyond itself.
-- Alwin Nikolais

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A cat is never a presentation, but an innocent happening.
-- Alwin Nikolais

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Women should set themselves forth attractively but innocently, like a cat. A cat is never a presentation, but an innocent happening.
-- Alwin Nikolais

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One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms.
When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.
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.
Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play.
The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.
Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.
You can't be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
There are a billion people in China. It's not easy to be an individual in a crowd of more than a billion people. Think of it. More than a billion people. That means even if you're a one-in-a-million type of guy, there are still a thousand guys exactly like you.

Alwin Nikolais famous quotes

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