I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.
I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.
The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.
I'm attracted to long-legged girls with long arms and a little head.
Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.
Born To Be Alive.
Its roots are in American Negro culture, which is part of the whole country's heritage, ... But the dance speaks to everyone. ... Otherwise it wouldn't work.
One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.
All of these dancers are dancers who are on the verge of their careers, so to speak. They're here to hone their artistry and make the transition from the classroom to the stage.
One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.
Nothing personal; I just don't have people over.
I always want more.
My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.
In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.
Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.
My feelings about myself have been terrible.
No matter what you write or choreograph, you feel it's not enough.
If you live in the elite world of dance, you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let's face it.
It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater.
I always want to have more dancers in my company.
We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work.
Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to.
Lena Horne is the sweetest and most adorable woman in the world.
Money is a never-ending problem.
Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.
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