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Graeme Murphy Quotes

Graeme Murphy Quotes.

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
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.
Graeme Murphy
I think the Olympics could help us reach more people.
Graeme Murphy
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
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.
Graeme Murphy
Yes, Carl Vine stuck around. He’s now number one composer for choreography.
Graeme Murphy
And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.
Graeme Murphy
I actually build my dreams around the dancers I’ve got in my company.
Graeme Murphy
I’m thrilled at the moment because our audiences, you know, they… the demographic is 50% male.
Graeme Murphy
I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.
Graeme Murphy
We moved, and there was a golden era in the ’40s when we were so conscious of who we were as Australians.
Graeme Murphy
SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.
Graeme Murphy
Some are less giving, others are more reticent and you actually have to create for them. Others have within them the next step.
Graeme Murphy
There’s a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company.
Graeme Murphy
I’m interested in people who can take the movement somewhere.
Graeme Murphy
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
I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them.
Graeme Murphy