Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrell
Suzanne Farrellis an eminent 20th-century ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth16 August 1945
CountryUnited States of America
healthy competition tests
I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.
dancer unemotional
I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.
errors giving credit
You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and you give yourself credit, but you don't really learn from that. You learn from trial and error, trial and error, all the time.
dancing desire
So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.
commitment opportunity dancing
That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing.
dancing healthy ballet
The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.
dance mean important
Although we do come from a silent profession, it is important for us to verbalize what we want to say. (As I tell my students): you could love someone all your life, but if you never say it how are they going to know? There comes a point when you have to say what you mean, which makes you scream louder when you dance.
motivational moving facts
But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.
dancing want would-be
And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession.
careers choices doubt
I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.
dance insecure ballet
Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't quite know how I'm going to do them, because I haven't lived that moment yet. I always feel very insecure and I get very excited.
american-dancer eyes front life lights message void
When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void out in front of you. And yet you know there is life out there, and you have to get your message across.
ballets chance extreme
I like dramatic ballets, particularly if they're ballets in which I have a chance to go from one extreme of style or characterization to another.
choosing raw sure
When you're choosing nuts, make sure to get them raw and unsalted.