French - Dancer | February 25, 1965 -
There is a false idea that I am stubborn and do only what I want, but really, I am like a sponge.
Sylvie Guillem
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It is in my nature to be a little shy. It takes time for me to talk to people and trust them.
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I can't have friends in every port. I have to work very hard and be very clear about what I want to do. I cannot just swallow everything I am told. I have to decide what I want to become part of my luggage - and what I don't.
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A performance is like a boat. You really want it to arrive at port. So when something goes wrong and it doesn't get there, that touches me a lot.
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Some choreographers have been cautious about working with me.
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I was afraid when I came to the Royal Ballet that it would be easy to have everyone walking all over me if I didn't stick up for myself.
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I am only interested in being famous for my dancing. For me, the concept of the sacred monster is only about the stage - it is not about image.
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If I am out in the street or buying bread or taking a taxi, no one knows who I am.
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I'm not the kind of person who is on television and in magazines every five minutes selling clothes or washing machines.
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It would be nice to wake up and be able to walk to the bathroom. But even when I was 20 and at the Paris Opera, I had to crawl down the stairs; it is only when I start to work and stretch that my body begins to recover again.
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The best times are when the time on stage becomes much slower and the movement much bigger - in that case, everything seems to flow. This state does not happen very often, but when it does, it is a magic kind of pleasure.
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As a child, I was afraid of everything. My parents were shy, the kind of people for whom it is an ordeal to go and buy some bread or whatever.
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