Karen Kain Quotes

The Arts Are An Integral Part Of The City's Economic Progress.

I Know How Demanding The Process Of Creation Is.

Dancers, Like All Performing Artists, Like Nothing Better Than To Be Challenged.

I Really Felt It Was Time For A New Vision.

In The World Of Classical Ballet There Are Only A Handful Of Story Ballets, So Getting A New One Is Cause For Excitement.

To Be Able To Make Decisions And See Them Come To Fruition And Feel The Excitement Around Them, What It Generates Within The Company, How The Artists Get Motivated — That's The Most Rewarding Part; Feeling I Can Be A Catalyst For An Artistic Experience For Our Artists And For The Public.

Friday Night Is Our Date Night. We Really Carve Out Time For Each Other.

The Importance Of The Arts To The Societies In Which They Thrive Is Well Documented.

Canadians Are Very Proud Of Me, Of My Career.

Like Everyone Else, I Want To Go On Dancing Forever, But I Know The Day Is Going To Come When I Will Have To Be Doing Something Else.

Even If I Had Nothing To Do With The Canada Council, I'd Be Praying For It.

Having Alexei Ratmansky Create A New Romeo And Juliet For The National Ballet Of Canada To Mark Our 60th Anniversary Is A Dream Come True. His Aesthetic -- Steeped In The Russian School But Open To Contemporary Sources -- Is Ideal For This Work And For Our Company, Which, With Our Classical Heritage And Our Passion For The Modern, Is Perfectly Suited To His Distinctive Dance Vision.