Graeme Murphy Quotes

I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them.
Graeme Murphy

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.
Graeme Murphy

Birthday, Dance, Company

And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.
Graeme Murphy

Dance, Wonderful, Immediate

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.
Graeme Murphy

Emotional, Reality, Give

Dance is so joyous.
Graeme Murphy

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.
Graeme Murphy

Music, Important, Service

I actually build my dreams around the dancers I've got in my company.
Graeme Murphy

Dreams, Around, Actually

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.
Graeme Murphy

Flower, Off, Ready

I don't think people we'll miss the fact that SDC is way up there and that our profile is high.
Graeme Murphy

Fact, High, Miss

I mean, I think in the early days we were pretty... pretty British in our entertainment leads.
Graeme Murphy

Mean, Pretty, Days

I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.
Graeme Murphy

Honesty, Bit, Lake

I think the Olympics could help us reach more people.
Graeme Murphy

Help, Reach, Olympics

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.
Graeme Murphy

Life, Give, Sense

I'm in the position to pick the cream of the crop.
Graeme Murphy

Position, Pick, Cream

I'm interested in people who can take the movement somewhere.
Graeme Murphy

Interested, Movement, Somewhere

I'm thrilled at the moment because our audiences, you know, they... the demographic is 50% male.
Graeme Murphy

Moment, Male, Thrilled

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.
Graeme Murphy

Future, Help, Big

It's not a company of exponents of my style.
Graeme Murphy

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.
Graeme Murphy

Emotional, Important, Try

Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do.
Graeme Murphy

Position, Dictates, Enviable

No one was creating and I always wanted to be created on.
Graeme Murphy

Wanted, Creating, Created

Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater.
Graeme Murphy

Theatre, Four, Drama

SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.
Graeme Murphy

Music, Great, Live

Sydney is a very good market for us - we have a very strong following here.
Graeme Murphy

Good, Strong, Here

There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company.
Graeme Murphy

Waiting, Dance, Company

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Dancer

Born: November 2, 1950

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