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Nutcrackers Quotes

“When December comes, can The Nutcracker be far behind? No, it cant - not in America, anyway.”

America Behinds Cant December Nutcrackers

Author:Robert Gottlieb

“I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own.”

Moving Saws Mouths Scary Dummy Nutcrackers

Author:Matthew Bourne

“I like the plot of The Nutcracker - not at all.”

Plot Nutcrackers

Author:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

“The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale.”

Stories Tree Childhood Tales Christmas Holiday Cracks Guardian Walnuts Nutcrackers

Author:Vera Nazarian

“If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.”

Ifs Way Dance Hopefully Shock Shocking Good Way Nutcrackers

Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov

“Reincarnation? There is such a thing. What could be more Mozartian than the Nutcracker Suite?”

Reincarnation Nutcrackers

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

“There must be hundreds of unsung heroes and heroines who first tasted strange things growing - and think of the man who first ate a lobster. This staggers the imagination. I salute him every time I take my nutcracker in hand and move the melted-butter pipkin closer.”

Thinking Men Firsts Hands Moving Imagination Growing Strange He Man Hero Strange Things Heroines Salute Lobster Heroes And Heroines Unsung Hero Nutcrackers

Author:Gladys Taber

“What exists beneath the sea?I'd always pictured it in colors of emerald and aquamarine, where black velvet fish with sequined eyes swim among plankton.But, when my eyes adjust, I see gray stones, lost anchors, wet wood, buttons, hooks, and eyes, the salem witches who wouldn't float, stars and stripes, missing vessels, windup toys, the souls of Romeo and Juliet, peaches, cream, pistons, screams, cages of ribs and birds, tunnels, nutcracker soldiers, satin bows, drugstore signs, Pandora box ripped open at its hinges.”

Source: The Life History of a Star

“I'm born originally in Toronto, and I have what I call my 'Fame' story. I took a Greyhound bus and went to Alvin Ailey and received Dunham, Horton, Graham technique there, but I could never take my eyes off of Balanchine doing 'Nutcracker'; to me he's the best who ever did it.”

Stories Eye Born Fame Technique Bus Toronto Greyhounds Greyhound Bus Nutcrackers

Author:Laurieann Gibson

“You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.”

Way Lakes Swans Swan Lake Nutcrackers

Author:Natalia Makarova