Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

Even the ears must dance.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

I recently learn a new word: insatiable. That's me.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

I think often that God is guiding me.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

I really feel sorry for new generation. It's hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

I am different because I have better schooling, better understanding of the line, gesture, how feet working, positions. They taught me modern things... and I wanted to give what I had: my schooling.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

I want to be free... free to develop my art.

Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova

Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.