Fifth positions, heads, musicality, energy. Not technical things so much-getting your leg higher or doing more turns but … - Suzanne Farrell

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Suzanne Farrell

Fifth positions, heads, musicality, energy. Not technical things so much-getting your leg higher or doing more turns but things that would set you apart from other dancers. The only way you can be different is to be yourself If you don't find your spirit and reveal it, you just look like every other dancer.

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