Carlo Blasis quotes
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“A correct execution of an adagio is the ne plus ultra of our art; and I look on it as the touch-stone of the dancer.”
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“The dancer gradually introduces all that his art comprises.”
-- Carlo BlasisSource : Carlo Blasis (1830). “The code of Terpsichore. The art of dancing, tr. by R. Barton”, p.40
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“The serious is the most difficult branch of dancing, it requires a close study, and cannot be duly appreciated but by connoisseurs and men of a refined and pure taste. She who excels in it deserves the highest applause. A correct execution of an adagio is the ne plus ultra of our art; I look on it as the touchstone of the dancer.”
-- Carlo BlasisSource : "The Theory of Theatrical Dancing: With a Chapter on Pantomime".
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“Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play.”
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Source : Agnes De Mille (2015). “Dance to the Piper”, p.233, New York Review of Books
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti (1981). “The University and the Public Interest”, Atheneum Books
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“The threat is stronger than the execution.”
Source : Aron Nimzowitsch (2014). “Aron Nimzowitsch 1928-1935: Annotated Games & Essays”, p.272, New In Chess
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