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I actually build my dreams around the dancers I've got in my company. (Verdon Gwen)
I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pick or blossoms that are ready to flower; there are always some ready to drop off too. (Verdon Gwen)
I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them. (Verdon Gwen)
I wanted to give people - which is fairly bizarre considering my whole life is contemporary dance really - I wanted to give people a really fulfilling sense that they had seen a white classical ballet - in a very pure form. (Verdon Gwen)
Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater. (Verdon Gwen)
Sydney is a very good market for us - we have a very strong following here. (Verdon Gwen)
There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company. (Verdon Gwen)
We also tour nationally and internationally. (Verdon Gwen)
We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and the people we work with. (Verdon Gwen)
We moved, and there was a golden era in the '40s when we were so conscious of who we were as Australians. (Verdon Gwen)
Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography. (Verdon Gwen)
I copied my brother. He was a natural dancer. Graceful. People always asked did we study ballet. We never did. (Verdon Gwen)
A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb? (Verdon Gwen)
My feet are dogs. (Verdon Gwen)
Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration. (Verdon Gwen)
Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits. (Verdon Gwen)
We were all novices. We really were. We didn't know a goddamn thing about doing a show. (Verdon Gwen)
I don't really think about dance except just before rehearsals start. I put it off. I don't live my life thinking about dance. (Verdon Gwen)
I get like a melody that comes up and I try to write it down or record it. Hum it into a tape recorder or write it down on some manuscript paper. It could happen at any time, on the road or off the road, but mostly, you know, at home. (Verdon Gwen)
I know I can't do everything myself. So I know I specialize in my melodies and I do some of my demo work. I pass it on to my producers who are much better at the production level. (Verdon Gwen)
A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things. (Verdon Gwen)
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