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
class dancing work-out
I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.
class ballet firsts
Treat each class as if it were your first.
art class models
Of course, in the art class, I was the model.
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On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a discipline, it gives you a place to go. It gives you some control in your life.
coming dance-and-dancing dancing girl keeps
I still feel like a 15 year-old girl coming to New York. Dancing does that to you. I think it keeps you really young.
american-dancer brought loved potential whom
It brought out in me the person whom I had the potential to become. I think that's why I loved it for its own sake, not to be a ballerina.
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My mother was very interested in giving her daughters the advantage of music and dance, if we had an interest in it. My father was not.
choosing raw sure
When you're choosing nuts, make sure to get them raw and unsalted.
career dance-and-dancing dancing evening fortunate honored loved truly
To have been part of that evening -- and now I am truly honored and privileged. I loved dancing and how fortunate I am to have had a career I loved doing.
body change dancing feelings inside realized
My feelings started to change when I realized that dancing was getting inside my body, emotionally, as well as physically.
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I was grateful that I had dancing to fall back on. It was my survival tactic. It was my friend. It was always there.
rather strange
So I think it is rather strange that I got into ballet, something that I hadn't seen.
american-dancer aware life react wonderful
The wonderful thing about life it that there will always be variables. You have to see them and be aware of them to know how to react to them.
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.