Choreographers Discuss Their Process - 1 Antony Tudor 'The Ballerina is Perfect'

In this interview with Natalia Makarova, Antony Tudor rather startling declared “The ballerina is perfect”. He went on to elaborate “She has to be able to do ‘Swan Lake’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Giselle’ perfectly. Then she can be a ballerina”. The choreographer gave Olga Spessivtseva as an example of a dancer worthy of the title ‘ballerina’.