Graeme Murphy quotes

SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage. (Graeme Murphy)
I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake. View quote
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I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pick or blossoms that are ready to flower; there are always some ready to drop off too. View quote
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I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them. View quote
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And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary. View quote
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And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate. View quote
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For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it. View quote
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I wanted to give people - which is fairly bizarre considering my whole life is contemporary dance really - I wanted to give people a really fulfilling sense that they had seen a white classical ballet - in a very pure form. View quote
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If the year 2000 can help us move into the future, that's fine, but I am afraid that people see it as a full stop and that one can take a big breath afterwards - you can't. View quote
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No one was creating and I always wanted to be created on. View quote
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Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater. (Graeme Murphy)
Sydney is a very good market for us - we have a very strong following here. View quote
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I'm interested in people who can take the movement somewhere. View quote
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I actually build my dreams around the dancers I've got in my company. View quote
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It's the emotional trigger points that are important to me because I know if I could believe in the characters and try and imagine how they felt then I'd be able to do something quite honest. View quote
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There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company. View quote
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Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do. View quote
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I'm in the position to pick the cream of the crop. View quote
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Dance is so joyous. View quote
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We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and the people we work with. View quote
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We moved, and there was a golden era in the '40s when we were so conscious of who we were as Australians. (Graeme Murphy)
I'm thrilled at the moment because our audiences, you know, they... the demographic is 50% male. View quote
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But I also wanted to give them an intelligent emotional journey, without having to suspend reality - to be able to look at those characters and see reasons for the relationships and why what happens happens. View quote
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I don't think people we'll miss the fact that SDC is way up there and that our profile is high. View quote
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Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He's now number one composer for choreography. View quote
Graeme Murphy

Graeme Murphy

Occupation: Australian Dancer
Born: November 2, 1950
Quotes count: 29