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“Bravura has nothing to do with technique. It's all about timing and oozing life.”

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Kevin McKenzie, born on April 29, 1954, is a renowned ballet choreographer from the United States. His unique style of work has won the hearts of audiences and made significant contributions to the development of modern ballet. more

“One can be a great artist without being a great technician. There have been many famous ballet stars who did not have the ideal body or total mastery of all aspects of the art form, but on the stage they possessed magnetism-true artistry, by which I mean a charismatic quality. You can work with a coach to try and develop it, but a true artist has the ability to express his inner feelings naturally.”

“I consider myself an actress first, a dancer second, and a singer third. Why? Because the dancer needs a reason to move-that's the actor informing the dancer. So I worked on my acting and gradually developed a singing voice.”

Needs Firsts Reason Moving Actors Voice Acting Singing Thirds Actresses Singers Dancer Ballet Informing

Author:Liza Minnelli

“When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void out in front of you. And yet you know there is life out there, and you have to get your message across.”

Knows Light Eye Faces Black Stage Fronts Messages Ballet Void

Author:Suzanne Farrell

“Dancing is like breathing-missing a day doing either is very bad.”

Missing Dancing Breathing Ballet

Author:Vera-Ellen

“You get more negative reactions than positive reactions as you go through life, and the big lesson is nobody counts you out but yourself...I never have; I never will.”

Bigs Lessons Negative Reactions Ballet Negative Reactions

Author:Buddy Ebsen

“The artistic path is a fearless occupation.”

Path Artistic Fearless Occupation Ballet

Author:Alonzo King

“To change the world, you must first change yourself. And baby, that's hard enough.”

World Firsts Hard Enough Baby Changing The World Ballet Change Yourself

Author:Alonzo King

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