Zitat des Tages von Natalia Makarova:
Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.
To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.
I really feel sorry for new generation. It's hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.
I am different because I have better schooling, better understanding of the line, gesture, how feet working, positions. They taught me modern things... and I wanted to give what I had: my schooling.
I want to be free... free to develop my art.
All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.
It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.
I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.
