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If the simple positions of ballet are demonstrated straight on, they seem quite dull and lifeless, but when put on a diagonal, they begin to take on all kinds of possibilities.

Lucinda Childs

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Lucinda Childs
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: June 26
Choreographer
Dancer
New York City
New York
Quite
Possibilities
Simple
Dull
Seems
Straight
Take
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Diagonal
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Begin
Lifeless
Possibility
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Positions
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Ballet

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