“He had me do Episodes once, the second section. It’s a pas de deux, and the ballerina’s entrance is like on a tightrope. Balanchine had me imagining that I was walking it, Balanchine, really doing it. I did that millions of times until I got it right. There was another step that was like smoking a cigarette. There were always these little things that you would think about as you did them.”
— Patricia McBride in I Remember Balanchine (affiliate link)
Patricia McBride & Nicholas Magallanes.
Photo by Martha Swope, 1964.
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