Karen Kain Quotes

• Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.

  Karen Kain

  Unique, Different, Treasure

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• Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

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  Support And Love, People, Giving

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• Know that there is so much more to you than your body. It's not just about perfecting the steps; you must trust your instincts to tell deep, emotional stories through the steps that you are performing.

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  Emotional, Steps, Stories

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• Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.

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  Movement, Talent, Pleasure

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• What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves.

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  Worst Enemy, Dancer, Age

  "The Big Interview: Raising Kain". Interview with Richard Ouzounian, www.thestar.com. November 4, 2011.

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• I regret that I didn't enjoy it all more. I didn't savour it until the end because I was so hard on myself. Life goes by so quickly. A dancer's career goes by so quickly. You've got to enjoy those moments when you know you've done your best.

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  Regret, Careers, Dancer

  "The Big Interview: Raising Kain". Interview with Richard Ouzounian, www.thestar.com. November 4, 2011.

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• There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.

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  Challenges, Ballet, Force

  "Reimagining Romeo and Juliet" by Karen Kain, www.huffingtonpost.ca. November 15, 2011.

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• In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.

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  School, People, Generosity

  "The Big Interview: Raising Kain". Interview with Richard Ouzounian, www.thestar.com. November 4, 2011.

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• Like everyone else, I want to go on dancing forever, but I know the day is going to come when I will have to be doing something else.

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  Dancing, Forever, Goes On

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• Dancers, like all performing artists, like nothing better than to be challenged.

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  Artist, Dancer, Performing

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• When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.

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  Growing Up, Fun, Ballerina

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• It's a time to reflect and appreciate all the contributions that others have made to my career and my life. My vision is nothing that hasn't been gleaned or understood from watching and working with so many people I admire before me.

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  Careers, People, Appreciate

  "The Big Interview: Raising Kain". Interview with Richard Ouzounian, www.thestar.com. November 4, 2011.

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• Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it.

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  Canada, Praying, Council

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• Having Alexei Ratmansky create a new Romeo and Juliet for The National Ballet of Canada to mark our 60th anniversary is a dream come true. His aesthetic -- steeped in the Russian school but open to contemporary sources -- is ideal for this work and for our company, which, with our classical heritage and our passion for the modern, is perfectly suited to his distinctive dance vision.

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  Dream, Passion, School

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• Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.

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  Careers, Proud, Proud Of Me

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• Friday night is our date night. We really carve out time for each other.

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  Friday, Night, Happy Friday

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• The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.

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  Art, Importance, Thrive

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• To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated — that's the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public.

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  Artist, Decision, Feelings

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• You're terrified that nothing will ever give you the fulfillment that dancing has given you.

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  Giving, Dancing, Given

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• In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.

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  Ballet, Causes, Stories

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• I really felt it was time for a new vision.

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  Vision, New Vision, Felt

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• I know how demanding the process of creation is.

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  Creation, Process, Know How

  "Such sweet sorrow - lots of tension, too". www.theglobeandmail.com. June 1, 2012.

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• The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress.

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  Art, Cities, Progress

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