"The serious is the most difficult branch of dancing, it requires a close study, and cannot be duly appreciated but by connoisseurs and men of a refined and pure taste. She who excels in it deserves the highest applause. A correct execution of an adagio is the ne plus ultra of our art; I look on it as the touchstone of the dancer."

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Source : "The Theory of Theatrical Dancing: With a Chapter on Pantomime".

Carlo Blasis

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“The truth is that nobody is owed an apology for anything. Apologies are lovely when they happen. But they change nothing. They do not reverse actions or correct damage. They are merely nice to hear.”
“Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin.”
“I think most actors probably enjoy playing the bad guy. I think it's the fact that most of the time, heroes aren't written with enough interesting qualities or flaws, and that leads to the bad guys being almost the runaway train, as far as being more interesting for the audience to watch.”

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“Watch your own body and mind, and the people and things surrounding you, from the deep, calm place inside of you. When you do that you'll have insights as to what you need to do in order to flow with the river of life around you.”
“And about in the late '80s, I got kind of burned out a little bit.”
“A great disaster had befallen Russia: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.”
“I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.”
“I don't have any problem with government helping entrepreneurs and businesses.”

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