Classical virtuosity is more than technique, line, proportion, and balance. It is as if the performer and spectator come together to hold in their hands a bird with a broken wing. The creature can be felt to stir, to struggle for freedom. Its life responds to human warmth; its wing might brush your check as it flies away.


Dancing on My Grave (1989)

Gelsey Kirkland Quotes

Classical virtuosity is more than technique, line, proportion, and balance. It is as if the performer and spectator come together to hold in their...

Classical virtuosity is more than technique, line, proportion, and balance. It is as if the performer and spectator come together to hold in their...

Classical virtuosity is more than technique, line, proportion, and balance. It is as if the performer and spectator come together to hold in their...

Classical virtuosity is more than technique, line, proportion, and balance. It is as if the performer and spectator come together to hold in their...