Robert Helpmann Quotes

#1. I don't despair about the cultural scene in Australia because there isn't one to despair about.

Robert Helpmann

#2. And I saw Australia anew through her eyes. And I realised what a tremendously thrilling country it was. And ever since then I have been coming back regularly.

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#3. I was always nervous about coming back to Australia which was a complete hangover of the days when I left when ballet was not accepted, when I was not accepted, when I was considered a freak for wanting to be a ballet dancer. And, to be 100% honest, I rather dreaded coming back ...

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#4. The trouble with nude dancing is that not everything stops when the music stops.

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#5. I think you can be contemporary without taking your clothes off.

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#6. Ballet is like football. I don't understand a footballer's technique but I can see when he's playing brilliantly. People don't like ballet because they think they don't understand it. Actually they do. It's the most primitive form of appeal.

Robert Helpmann