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.
characters emotional happens reality reasons relationships
But I also wanted to give them an intelligent emotional journey, without having to suspend reality - to be able to look at those characters and see reasons for the relationships and why what happens happens.
act black cutting easier life putting swan
So putting the Black Swan in Act 1 where Tchaikovsky put it and not cutting repeats just to make your life easier - because it was there for a reason.
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.
position
Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do.
white giving people
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.
moving years people
If the year 2000 can help us move into the future, that's fine, but I am afraid that people see it as a full stop and that one can take a big breath afterwards - you can't.
creating wanted
No one was creating and I always wanted to be created on.
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.
strong very-good following
Sydney is a very good market for us - we have a very strong following here.
honesty thinking lakes
I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.
dream dancer company
I actually build my dreams around the dancers I've got in my company.