“Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.”

Source: "Rudolf Nureyev’s Technical Influence" https://nureyev.org/rudolf-nureyev-artistic-influence-index/technique/

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Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer 1938–1993

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