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What we want from modern dance is courage and audacity. ”
Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a modern dancer, forget it. ”
There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything. ”
Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut. ”
When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me like the way I want to spend my days.' ”
A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things. ”
I want to challenge myself, challenge my styles. ”
I seem to be known as much by the moniker 'Mrs Funnybones' as my own name these days. The book was about how a modern woman looks at India and how India looks right back at her. I am glad that India seems to be looking back at me with a grin. ”
Mrs Funnybones' is based and structured around my columns, and it's about how a modern woman looks at India and how India looks right back at her. Since I have a weakness for illustrations, there are also a few funny illustrations in there as well. ”
I think I had a fur coat that someone bought me from Portobello Market back in the 1960s, but I think as soon as you think about it, what it is you're wearing, make that connection, then you realise it's just not right. I don't lecture people about it, but it's not something I'd ever wear. ”