Robert Gottlieb Quotes

Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.

Dance is not endangered - it will always find a way to express itself.

I was very happy with the success of 'Noise/Funk,' but of course, there is a lot more that I have to say about the dance, about the history, about the people involved with the dance and their history.

Whether it be through television, or through music, or through dance, or through film, whatever it is, as long as it's the right project that makes sense, then I'm all for it.

It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver.

I've always danced. I've always been around it.

Communication is very important. And the arts do that, whether it's film or theater.

It's one of my strongest dance pieces - having just done Play Without Words which was veering away from a lot of dance - I thought it would be nice to go back to something with almost the most dance I'd done.

Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak.

Modern dancing is old fashioned.

There's no point pretending that all of Martha Graham's pieces are equally strong.

One of the coolest things Twickenham Fest does is to commission new works.

'The Leaves Are Fading' had something of a vogue when Antony Tudor made it in 1975, largely because of Gelsey Kirkland's ravishing performance.

Dance never really goes away; it just reforms and reinvents, and it's become more athletic with new connection to fitness and sport. Dance used to have this exclusivity, but not any more.

I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.

Pure dance form is not dying.

I was first introduced to dancing through the TV: I remember watching ballet, jazz and ballroom dancing when I was very little. But I felt no connection with it whatsoever: it was just like watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

The way theater can bring people together is so powerful.

Opera should be a place for art forms to meet. I've worked a lot with Peter Gabriel; his music isn't operatic, but he creates big, popular gatherings to which architecture, dance, and music are all invited.

Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move.

Musicians are like a preacher, a teacher, an actor. You are the mediator who can transfer the energy of beautiful music to the others.

I've always been of the idea that is doesn't really matter where you are geographically - with 'Lonerism,' we made half the album in Australia, half the album in Paris.

If I was strictly an artist, I'd have to learn to dance and get a shiny suit and stuff.

Among my classical dances, I loved my 'Mrig Trishna' dance. People should try that on stage. I don't know why they don't. It's beautifully written.

The truth is hip hop has always complemented jazz and vice versa, but there's always been this communication barrier that exists based on music to lyrics.