Emotionally, technically, physically – in every way. They were just meant to meet on this earth and dance together.
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On her husband, the conductor Richard Bonynge
Richard had decided long before I agreed with him that I was a coloratura.
Joan SutherlandProfile, The New York Times Magazine, 1961
Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time.
On Rudolf Nureyev
He loved putting his partners to the test.
Carla FracciPasso dopo passo (autobiography, with Enrico Rotelli), as translated on Gramilano, 22 April 2014, 2013
A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?
Rudolf NureyevQuoted in Julie Kavanagh, Nureyev: The Life
Everything Fred did, I did backwards.
On Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev
Margot was an exquisite human being with an unending sensibility… With all the ups and downs, the truth was that Rudy and Margot loved each other deeply.
Carla FracciPasso dopo passo (autobiography), as quoted in Gramilano's obituary, 27 May 2021, 2013