God creates, I do not create. I assemble and I steal everywhere to do it - from what I see, from what the dancers can do, from what others do.

  • -- George Balanchine 乔治巴兰钦

上帝创造,我不创造。我聚集在一起,到处偷东西——从我看到的,从舞者能做的,从其他人能做的。

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I will say a lot of dancers do such beautiful things for their body and then they smoke a cigarette. I've never been a smoker, but I realized after taking yoga . . . in ballet you're not encouraged to do a lot of breathing. I think in a weird way, a lot of dancers find relief in actually breathing.

我想说的是,很多舞者为他们的身体做了这么漂亮的事情,然后他们吸烟。我从来不抽烟,但练完瑜伽后我意识到……在芭蕾舞中,你不被鼓励做大量的呼吸。我觉得以一种奇怪的方式,很多舞者在呼吸中找到了解脱。

Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.

编舞让人心力交瘁,但与舞者和音乐一起进入演播室是一种乐趣。

He who would steal honey, must not be afraid of bees.

偷蜂蜜的人,不要怕蜜蜂。

He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.

偷蛋的人会偷牛。