Edward Villella quotes
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“What's so wonderful about ballet is that it's mind-driven physicality. It's almost a Greek ideal of body, mind, and form.”
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“I had to learn that slower is faster If you practice every day with patience and correctness, you will get there. It's like preparing for a jump. You can't rush. You must summon the appropriate energy.”
-- Edward Villella
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“Oh, 'tis jesting, dancing, drinking Spins the heavy world around.”
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“When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.”
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“A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.”
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Source : "Ali Wentworth Talks ‘Ali In Wonderland,’ Life With George Stephanopoulos" by Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 07, 2012.
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Source : "The History of Ancient Philosophy". Book by Heinrich Ritter, translared by Alexander James William Morrison, Volume 1, 1838.
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“I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers.”
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