When They Do Let Them Sustain On

Kids Talk To Me And Say They Want To Do Musicals Again Because They've Studied The Tapes Of The Old Films. We Didn't Have That. We Thought Once We Had Made It, Even On Film, It Was Gone Except For The Archives.

I'd Studied Dance In Chicago Every Summer And Taught It All Winter, And I Was Well-rounded. I Wasn't Worried About Getting A Job On Broadway. In Fact, I Got One The First Week.

It Fit Into My Scheme Of Things For Many Reasons. At The Time It Was True That Male Dancers Were Looked Down Upon, And It Was True That A Lot Of The Male Dancers Were Effeminate. But What I Was Really Trying To Do Was Develop Something That Would Be American.

I Miss The Romance. I Keep Saying This Over And Over Again, But Dance Follows Music. And If The Accent Today Is Percussion And Rhythm And Loudness, Then That Is The Way The Dance Numbers Will Be. But It Is Pretty Hard On Romance With Seven Guitars, Three Drums, And No Melody Instruments In The Band.

She's One Of Those Third Year Girls Who Gripe My Liver... You Know, American College Kids. They Come Over Here To Take Their Third Year And Lap Up A Little Culture... They're Officious And Dull. They're Always Making Profound Observations They've Overheard.