Best quotes by Sylvie Guillem on Time

Checkout quotes by Sylvie Guillem on Time

• ‟ The best times are when the time on stage becomes much slower and the movement much bigger - in that case, everything seems to flow. This state does not happen very often, but when it does, it is a magic kind of pleasure.

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• ‟ When I watch dance, most of the time I just see a potential that is not there at all. I just see they missed the point. They just give us a tiny bit of what it could be.

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• ‟ When you start, you have no brain; you are a kid. It's fine. But then I started to be scared. I was scared of judgment - not as a dancer, but as a person - and I was really uncomfortable with people. And it lasted for a very long time.

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• ‟ There are some ballets you can do for a long time. With others, you have to know when to stop. Some are very destructive. Forsythe's choreography pushes dancers to the extreme. That's why it's best to vary. That way, you break your body a little bit in different places, but not a lot in one place.

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• ‟ It is in my nature to be a little shy. It takes time for me to talk to people and trust them.

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• ‟ My reputation precedes me all the time, but I'm not the monster people think I am.

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