Graeme Murphy
Graeme Murphy
Graeme Lloyd Murphy AOis an Australian dance choreographer. Together with his fellow dancerJanet Vernon, he has guided Sydney Dance Company to become one of Australia's most successful and well-known dance companies...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth2 November 1950
CountryAustralia
Graeme Murphy quotes about
brought few french great towards
And then towards the end, in the '60s... and '50s and '60s, there was great controversy 'cause they brought a few French troupes out.
dance people groups
I'm not interested in a group of people with some sort of incredible homogeny,a group that can do the movement I want. I'm interested in people whocan take the movement somewhere.
crops cream-of-the-crop position
I'm in the position to pick the cream of the crop.
drama theatre four
Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater.
reputation stage live-music
SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.
honesty thinking lakes
I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.
essence important stories
For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it.
wonderful
And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.
flower tree green
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.
dance giving next
Some are less giving, others are more reticent and you actually have to create for them. Others have within them the next step.
dance believe character
It's the emotional trigger points that are important to me because I know if I could believe in the characters and try and imagine how they felt then I'd be able to do something quite honest.
waiting dancer lines
There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company.
thrilled
I'm thrilled at the moment because our audiences, you know, they... the demographic is 50% male.
composer number stuck vine
Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography.