Benjamin Millepied Quotes

• Directing is very close to choreography; you deal with space, time, emotions, lighting, making beautiful images.

  Benjamin Millepied

  Beautiful, Space, Emotion

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Swan Lake is the most difficult thing to portray for a female ballet dancer; it really requires such specific qualities of articulation, agility, strength, and the arm work is something that takes a lot of training.

  Benjamin Millepied

  Lakes, Swans, Dancer

  "Black Swan Choreographer Benjamin Millepied on Teaching Natalie Portman to Have Swan Arms" by Rebecca Milzoff, www.vulture.com. December 3, 2010.

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• The idea that ballet is a white art is absurd and shocking, and it’s gone on for too long. Nothing would make me happier than having a company that reflects society, to have dancers onstage that people can relate to.

  Benjamin Millepied

  Art, Ideas, White

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• Most dancers have no awareness of how they look; half of them think theyre fat. There is anorexia in the ballet world; there are those things.

  Benjamin Millepied

  Thinking, Dancer, Anorexia

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Nowadays I actually cook Italian-style food more than French heavy sauces. I make a good salad, some great roasted vegetables, grilled fish. Im crazy about L.A. because at the farmers market you find all kinds of wild mushrooms.

  Benjamin Millepied

  Crazy, Italian, Vegetables

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• When I see the attention movie stars get, it doesn't make me want to be in that position at all.

  Benjamin Millepied

  Stars, Attention, Want

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• In France, ballet is on TV ... It's on the eight-o'clock news. It's a cool thing to be a dancer.

  Benjamin Millepied

  Eight, Dancer, Ballet

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