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Peter Martins
Birthday:
27 October 1946
Height:
188 cm
Biography
Choreography is like poison. Once bitten, it's in your system. I find myself thinking of it constantly. When the day comes that I quit dancing, I may actually enjoy it.
Choreography is like poison. Once bitten, it's in your system. I find myself thinking of it constantly. When the day comes that I quit dancing, I may actually enjoy it.
It's one of those freak things that happen in people's lives sometimes. I do not consider myself a violent man in any way. It's never going to happen again.
It's one of those freak things that happen in people's lives sometimes. I do not consider myself a violent man in any way. It's never going to happen again.
There were 12-hour days when I was tempted to say to hell with this, but I've made my peace with fame and glamor. I'm a dancer, not a prince.
There were 12-hour days when I was tempted to say to hell with this, but I've made my peace with fame and glamor. I'm a dancer, not a prince.
I was the only male around who knew his Balanchine's 'Apollo.' I thought I was wonderful. Afterward this old man [Balanchine] showed me how it should have been danced.
I was the only male around who knew his Balanchine's 'Apollo.' I thought I was wonderful. Afterward this old man [Balanchine] showed me how it should have been danced.
Balanchine had this habit of calling up at 7 in the morning and not saying who he was. Of course you recognized him. And he said, 'Meet me for breakfast.' So of course you jumped. And we sat down and he said to me, 'You have to take this company. You have to take it when I'm gone.'
Balanchine had this habit of calling up at 7 in the morning and not saying who he was. Of course you recognized him. And he said, 'Meet me for breakfast.' So of course you jumped. And we sat down and he said to me, 'You have to take this company. You have to take it when I'm gone.'
[Why he left Denmark and The Royal Ballet of Denmark for America and The New York City Ballet]: The Danes are wonderful people, but too insular. I needed to expand.
[Why he left Denmark and The Royal Ballet of Denmark for America and The New York City Ballet]: The Danes are wonderful people, but too insular. I needed to expand.
(On George Balanchine as a teacher): "He told me that if I listened to him, I would have a future with the company - but if I didn't I might as well as go to American Ballet Theatre [ABT] and be a classical dancer."
(On George Balanchine as a teacher): "He told me that if I listened to him, I would have a future with the company - but if I didn't I might as well as go to American Ballet Theatre [ABT] and be a classical dancer."
There are a hundered dancers who need attention, help and coaching. They come and ask you when they need help, not when you have the time to listen.
There are a hundered dancers who need attention, help and coaching. They come and ask you when they need help, not when you have the time to listen.
(On retiring from dancing early to take the helm at the New York City Ballet): "I haven't regretted it for one moment."
(On retiring from dancing early to take the helm at the New York City Ballet): "I haven't regretted it for one moment."
If these (ballet) critics were to make a list of 10 world choreographers, they would never include me. I'm simply not considered a choreographer to them.
If these (ballet) critics were to make a list of 10 world choreographers, they would never include me. I'm simply not considered a choreographer to them.
(On what it takes to be a professional ballerina): "It doesn't hurt to be pretty."
(On what it takes to be a professional ballerina): "It doesn't hurt to be pretty."
Peter Martins
Peter Martins was born on October 27, 1946 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is known for his work on The Turning Point (1977), Living a Ballet Dream: Six Dancers Tell Their Stories (2001) and Åbning af Operaen (2005). He has been married to Darci Kistler since 1981. They have one child. He was previously married to Lise La Cour.
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