Natalia Makarova Quotes

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Natalia Makarova

Profession : Dancer

Birth : October 21, 1940

To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.

Natalia Makarova

I think often that God is guiding me.

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People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.

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I really feel sorry for new generation. It's hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.

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You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.

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All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.

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Even the ears must dance.

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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.

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I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.

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I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.

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I recently learn a new word: insatiable. That's me.

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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.

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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.

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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.

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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.

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I am different because I have better schooling, better understanding of the line, gesture, how feet working, positions. They taught me modern things... and I wanted to give what I had: my schooling.

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I want to be free... free to develop my art.

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Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.

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Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.

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